The Plague

Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers and became a journalist. His most important works include <i>The Outsider</i> <i>The Myth of Sisyphus </i><i>The Plague </i>and <i>The Fall</i>. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941 Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident and his last unfinished novel <i>The First Man</i> appeared posthumously. A matchless fable of fear courage and cowardice Magnificent <p><b>'A story for our and all times' <i>Guardian</i> </b><br><b><i><br>The Plague</i> is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage<br></b><br>The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate some seek blame and a few like Dr Rieux resist the terror.<br><br>An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947 The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.<br><br>'A matchless fable of fear courage and cowardice' <i>Independent</i><br><br>'Magnificent' <i>The Times</i></p> <p><b>'A story for our and all times' <i>Guardian</i> </b><br><b><i><br>The Plague</i> is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage<br></b><br>The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate some seek blame and a few like Dr Rieux resist the terror.<br><br>An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947 The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.<br><br>'A matchless fable of fear courage and cowardice' <i>Independent</i><br><br>'Magnificent' <i>The Times</i></p>