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Translated by Stuart Gilbert
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fruit said on Apr 13, 2007 | Add your feedback
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Perhaps it's worth noting that "The Plague" isn't simply a generalized reference to the central plot of the book, but also a reference to a "human plague," a self-constructed virus that slowly corrodes human innocence, freedom, belief, faith, and love. Camus creates a world where these two plagues a ... (continue)
fruitfulfig said on Mar 22, 2012 | Add your feedback
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"The Plague" is a depressing story about life in Oran, Algeria beset by bubonic plague. Written shortly after WWII, it is often seen as an allegory for the occupation of France during those years.
The story spends a lot of time describing how the plague affects the inhabitants of Oran in general te ... (continue)
€5ʍϵ϶nk said on Oct 12, 2010 | Add your feedback
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I arrived at half of this book then left it in the airplane....such a shame and waste of money now i need to re-buy it!!
So far looks amazing: is not a story of plague in the meaning of adventure books but a very psychologic story or report about people, feelings that this situation brings into the ... (continue)
Gnosoz said on Mar 12, 2010 | Add your feedback
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The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think.
Once upon a time, many years ago, I read 'L'etranger' and 'The Myth of Sisyphus' back to back. They were both brilliant little books - one a thesis on the futility of existence, the other a vivid illustration of this fact.
I always felt that this was enough Camus for me. I'm not sure why - I t ... (continue)
Ben Daubney said on Aug 9, 2008 | Add your feedback
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Jason Fawcett said on Aug 30, 2007 | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Paperback 256 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0140180206
- ISBN-13: 9780140180206
- Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
- Pub date: Nov 01, 1989
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780140180206 | Paperback | $18.95 | -- | The Book Depository |
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I love the way it distants me from the world
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