The Plague (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Albert Camus
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: 1940’s
- Setting: Oran, Algeria
- Principal Characters: Dr. Bernard R. Rieux, Jean Tarrou, Cottard, Joseph Grand, Raymond Rambert, Father Paneloux
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: 1940’s, Doctors, Death or dying, Existentialism, Epidemics, Plague, Algeria or Algerians, Rats or mice
- Locales: Oran, Algeria
The Story:
At first, Dr. Bernard Rieux gave little thought to the strange behavior of the rats in Oran. One morning, he found three on his landing, each animal lying inert with a rosette of fresh blood spreading from the nostrils. The concierge grumbled at having to clean up the rats, but Rieux was a busy doctor and just then he had personal cares. Madame Rieux was leaving Oran. She suffered from a lingering illness, and Rieux thought that a sanatorium in a different town might do her good. His mother was to keep house for him while his wife was absent. The doctor was also...
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