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The Plague

Albert Camus

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'A story for our, and all, times' Guardian

The Plague
is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror.

An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

'A matchless fable of fear, courage and cowardice' Independent

'Magnificent' The Times

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Jul 2020
Dimensions: 182 x 112 x 25 mm
ISBN: 9780241458877