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| title = The Plague
| original title = La Peste
| image = ThePlague_5495.jpg
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| author = Albert Camus
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| publication date = 1947
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A classic 1947 novel by [[Albert Camus]], '''''The Plague''''', on the surface, tells the story of an epidemic of [[The Plague|the bubonic plague]] that besets the Algerian city of Oran, imprisoning the citizens behind quarantine. The protagonists, including Dr. Bernard Rieux, a man named Jean Tarrou, a visiting journalist Raymond Rambert, and a city clerk Joseph Grand must respond to the plague and find their place in the ensuing depressing conditions, while philosophizing on the nature of suffering and the proper response thereto.
The book is generally agreed to be an allegorical tale about the human condition, and carries an Existentialist message, arguing that the worth of man's life lies in never giving up despite the inherent meaninglessness and uncontrollable irrationality of life.
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