About the Book: Plague
The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its
victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia
follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way
to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a
few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was
published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of Frances suffering under
the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the
precariousness of human existence. A matchless fable of fear, courage