The Plague (novel)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:The_Plague_(1992_film)
gptkb:The_Plague_(opera)
gptkbp:author gptkb:Albert_Camus
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Prix_des_Critiques
gptkbp:book PQ2605.A3734 P413 1991
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:coverArtist gptkb:Mario_Prassinos
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed
gptkbp:deweyDecimal 843.914
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:The_Fall_(novel)
gptkbp:genre gptkb:novel
allegorical novel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Plague (novel)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Nazi_occupation_of_France
gptkbp:inspiredBy works on pandemic literature
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-14-118513-2
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:literaryPeriod 20th century
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Dr._Bernard_Rieux
gptkb:Father_Paneloux
gptkb:Jean_Tarrou
gptkb:Joseph_Grand
gptkb:Raymond_Rambert
Cottard
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
gptkbp:notableQuote What's true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.
There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Albert_Camus
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:La_Peste
gptkbp:pages 308
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:The_Stranger_(novel)
gptkbp:publicationDate 1947
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Gallimard
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Oran
gptkbp:subject gptkb:COVID-19
gptkb:bubonic_plague
morality
humanism
gptkbp:theme death
existentialism
human suffering
isolation
solidarity
absurdism
resistance
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Stuart_Gilbert
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Plague_(1992_film)
gptkb:The_Plague_(opera)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7