The Stranger
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel
Modern · Novel
The Plague
by Albert Camus. A quarantined city responds to epidemic through denial, duty, opportunism, love, and collective resistance.
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- Date
- 1947
- Origin
- France / Algeria
- Era
- Modern
- Genre
- Novel
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A quarantined city responds to epidemic through denial, duty, opportunism, love, and collective resistance.
This work is included on the basis of modern broader canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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