La Peste
1942
fictionplagueplague in literatureepidemicspeste bubónicafiction / classicsfiction / psychologicalfiction / literarycontinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)medicine in literature
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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