The Plague

Camus's chronicle of an Algerian town under quarantine: the absurd made municipal and brave.

Specifications & Metrics

author

Albert Camus

type

Philosophical novel

era

Postwar (1947)

language

French

setting

Oran, French Algeria

parts

5 parts

Relative Scale in Novels

Core Principles & Analysis

• Published 1947, read immediately as an allegory of occupation and resistance.
• Dr. Rieux's chronicle records ordinary people's duty without metaphysics.
• It forms the second panel of Camus's cycle of revolt, after the absurd.

Sources

• Wikipedia: The Plague (novel)