The Plague Summary
Albert Camus

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The Plague Summary

Albert Camus's novel The Plague is about an epidemic of bubonic plague that takes place in the Al-gerian port city of Oran. When the plague first arrives, the residents are slow to recognize the mortal danger they are in. Once they do become aware of it, they must decide what measures they will take to fight the deadly disease.

The Plague was first published in France in 1948, three years after the end of...

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Albert Camus Biographies (3)

Albert Camus

1,315 words, approx. 5 pages

The French novelist, essayist, and playwright Albert Camus (1913-1960) was obsessed with the philosophical problems of the meaning of life and of man's search for values in a world without God. His wo... Read more

Albert Camus

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Literary scholars place Albert Camus as North Africa's first writer of consequence. A pied-nort, or French citizen born in Algeria while it was a colony of France still, Camus emerged from a decidedly... Read more

Albert Camus

13,866 words, approx. 47 pages

Albert Camus is one of the best-known twentieth-century French authors. Born and raised in North Africa, after the beginning of World War II he moved to Paris where he intended to pursue his career as... Read more

Essays & Analysis (10)

Critical Essay by IrÈne Finel-honigman

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Critical Essay by Philip Mooney

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Isolation is the state of being separated from a person or a group. With over six billion people on the earth, it seems impossible for a single person to be alone. One tries to fathom how a person c... Read more

The Plague

831 words, approx. 3 pages

The Plague, by Albert Camus, unfolds in the city of Oran in the 1940's. Oran is a typical French port located on the Algerian coast. It's a rather boring town, where little happens and people are co... Read more

Themes in Albert Camus' "The Plague."

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Albert Camus was born on the 7th of November 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria to Lucien Camus, whose family had settled in Algeria in 1871, and Catherine Sintes, of Spanish origin. During Camus' high school y... Read more

The Eyes of the Plague through the Eyes of Tarrou

569 words, approx. 2 pages

The enigmatic Tarrou, a visitor in the mist, he was; "had a habit of observing events and people through the wrong end of the telescope."(Camus p.24) Being that he wasn't from Oran he clearly comes o... Read more

Cottard in Albert Camus' The Plague

924 words, approx. 4 pages

The Plague Throughout life there are always people who have the faint illusion of being able to elude their problems and the feeling of Sartre's anguish. Whether it is something minuscule such as ha... Read more

The Plague an Authentic Interpretation

5,129 words, approx. 18 pages

All of Camus' writings may be viewed as a quest for meaningful values in a world of spiritual aridity and emptiness. He begins with man's despai... Read more

Alienation through Transformations in the Plague and the Metamorphosis

1,535 words, approx. 6 pages

Alienation Through Transformations In The Plague And The Metamorphosis World Lit. 1 English A1 Higher Level IB Word Count: 1456 In The Plague (Albert Camus) and The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) ... Read more

The Plague - Existentialist Dilemma

786 words, approx. 3 pages

The Plague English A1 HL In Albert Camus' The Plague, several characters are introduced and analyzed to represent a specific ideal eternal to the novel. The character Paneloux is used to express the... Read more

Free Book Notes (1)

The Plague

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The Plague Book Notes is a free study guide on The Plague by Albert Camus. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary   Character D... Read more

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