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The Plague

The Plague

by Albert Camus

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#186

3.57 (7 reviews)
Pages
308
Published
Jun 10th, 1947
Award(s)
Nobel Prize in Literature (1957)

A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.

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red13x

Aug 23rd, 2024

I actually really enjoyed this! Perhaps it is because I read it post COVID and felt so many similarities to how people react when confined together in one place by an outbreak of an illness. For me it was interesting to compare and contrast this book with real life whilst noting the years between the writing of it and today.

forline

Jan 5th, 2018

I'm not a Camus fan...mandatory reading for French major....

bryanoz

Jun 19th, 2015

sanayhs

Jan 13th, 2015

kyliep96

Jun 29th, 2014

I feel like this book has no plot, its mostly just an explanation of what happened during the plague each day. Nothing really of interest and there isn't really any character dynamic, they're all just flat and boring.

laros76

Mar 20th, 2014

Keith

Jul 30th, 2013

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