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    The Plague by Albert Camus (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Plague by Albert Camus (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Plague by Albert Camus (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    The Plague by Albert Camus (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Plague with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Plague by Albert Camus, an existentialist classic in which he continues to question the absurdity of life and applies the notion of rebellion. It is the story of a plague epidemic in the city of Oran in the 1940’s and tells of the individual destinies of some of its inhabitants, who all react to the situation in a different way. The novel is believed to be based on the cholera epidemic that killed a large portion of Oran's population, or perhaps even the plague of the 16th and 17th centuries. Camus was a French author who was known for his thought-provoking novels and essays that often discussed fate, religion and philosophy, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 for his incredible works. 

    Find out everything you need to know about The Plague in a fraction of the time!

    This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
       • A complete plot summary
       • Character studies
       • Key themes and symbols
       • Questions for further reflection

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateOct 8, 2015
    ISBN9782806270160
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      The Plague by Albert Camus (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French writer, playwright, essayist and philosopher

      Born in Mondovi (Algeria) in 1913

      Died in Villeblevin in 1960

      Notable works:

      The Stranger (1942), novel

      The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), essay

      The Plague (1947), novel

      A Frenchman born in Algeria and Nobel Prize winner, Albert Camus (1913-1960) is one of the major writers of the twentieth century. A politically committed intellectual, philosopher, journalist, playwright and novelist, he left his mark on his era with his reflection on absurdism, which he nuanced and made more sensitive and humane.

      Widely admired, and sometimes criticized, Camus received considerable attention worldwide with his novels The Plague (1947) and, in particular, The Stranger (1942). He died prematurely in 1960 as a result of a car crash.

      The start of the revolt

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Camus, A. (1972) La Peste. Paris: Gallimard.¹

      First edition: 1947

      Themes: epidemic, isolation, death, chaos, threat, revolt

      The Plague tells of the efforts of Dr. Rieux and some other inhabitants to stop a plague epidemic that hits the city of Oran in the 1940s.

      The novel was published

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