La Chute

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La Chute is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus that presents a dramatic monologue of a former Parisian lawyer reflecting on guilt, judgment, and the human condition.

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La Chute canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf existentialist literature
novel
philosophical novel
author Albert Camus
centralMotif confession
fall
judgment of others
self-judgment
containsElement extended monologue in a bar
countryOfOrigin France
exploresConcept freedom and responsibility
moral complicity
original sin (metaphorical)
the role of the judge-penitent
firstPublicationYear 1956
followsInCamusOeuvre The Plague
hasApproximateLength short novel
hasCharacterRole judge-penitent
hasGenre existential novel
philosophical fiction
psychological fiction
hasInfluenceOn later existential and postmodern fiction
hasNarratorNationality French
hasNarratorOccupation former lawyer
hasStructure series of monologues over several nights
literaryForm dramatic monologue
literaryMovement 20th-century French literature
mainCharacter Jean-Baptiste Clamence
narrativePerspective first-person
notablePlaceInText Mexico City bar in Amsterdam
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Chute
partOf Albert Camus's later works
philosophicalCurrent absurdism
existentialism
placeOfFirstPublication Paris
primaryTheme existential despair
guilt
hypocrisy
judgment
responsibility
the human condition
publisher Gallimard
settingLocation Amsterdam
Paris
textType prose
translatedTitle The Fall

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The Fall originalTitle La Chute
La Chute originalTitle La Chute