The Plague - BookWyrm

272 pages

English language

Published Oct. 31, 2013 by Penguin Books Ltd.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-118513-2

(1 review)

The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace.

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5 stars

Unglaublich gute Beschreibung der Atmosphäre, ich spüre immer noch dieses Wind, der durch die Gassen streift. Verschlungen.

Subjects

Fiction
Plague
Epidemics
Peste bubónica
FICTION / Classics
FICTION / Psychological
FICTION / Literary
Novela
Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
Medicine in Literature
French fiction
Psychological
Reading Level-Grade 11
Reading Level-Grade 12
Fiction, medical
France, fiction
Drama (dramatic works by one author)