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The Plague (French: La Peste) is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus. It tells the story from the point of view of a narrator in the midst of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the beginning of the last chapter.
Doctor Rieux of La Peste (The Plague), 1947, who tirelessly attends the plague-stricken citizens of Oran, enacts the revolt against a world of the absurd and of injustice, and confirms words: "We refuse to despair of mankind. Without having the unreasonable ambition to save men, we still want to serve them."
The Plague, novel by Algerian-born French writer Albert Camus, published in 1947 as La Peste. The work is an allegorical account of the determined fight against an epidemic in the town of Oran, Alg., by characters who embody human dignity and fraternity.
Dec 13, 2023 · First published in 1947, La Peste ( The Plague) is a classic novel of French literature in which Albert Camus describes the effects an outbreak of the bubonic plague has on an otherwise thoroughly ordinary city in (what was then) French Algeria.
Apr 6, 2020 · Sales of Albert Camus’ 1947 novel The Plague (La Peste) were spiking. Everyone was buying it. Rereading The Plague over these past weeks has been an uncanny experience.
A novel by Albert Camus about a bubonic plague epidemic in Oran, Algeria. Learn about the characters, themes, and events of this classic work of existentialist literature.
A comprehensive guide to the novel The Plague, a philosophical and absurdist work about a city under siege by a deadly disease. Learn about the author, the historical and literary context, the plot, the themes, the characters, and the symbols of the book.
