# La Peste

**Author(s):** Albert Camus
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/la-peste/verdict.json
**Genres:** literary-fiction, dark-romance-psychological, psychology, psychological-thriller
**Pages:** 198
**Publisher:** CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
**Published:** Mon Jan 01 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781537627847
**ISBN-10:** 1537627848
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/la-peste

## Description

The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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**Themes:** Plague