The Fall (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Albert Camus
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1950’s
- Setting: Amsterdam and Paris
- Principal Characters: Jean-Baptiste Clamence, An Unidentified Listener, The Proprietor
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Memory, Philosophy or philosophers, Paris, Reality, Lawyers, Existentialism, Netherlands or Dutch people, Split personalities, Laughter
- Locales: Paris, France, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Story:
In an Amsterdam bar called Mexico City, Jean-Baptiste Clamence was involved in a strange dialogue, strange because he addressed an unidentified silent listener who never answered his questions or commented on his remarks. Clamence, in his forties, talked daily for five consecutive days with the stranger whom he had met in Mexico City bar. The subject of this one-sided dialogue was Clamence, specifically his fall from innocence to sin.
The judge-penitent illuminated his past experiences, clarified the inner motives behind his actions, and imposed his feigned...
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