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The Plague

NOUN
Black Death
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In a period of disease and lockdowns lasting for weeks, booksellers report the seeming irony that Albert Camus’ The Plague and Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude have seen renewed demand.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2020

But Camus’s The Plague had gone the way of dried pasta and toilet roll; there was just a desolate gap on the shelves where the copies had once been.

From The Guardian May 1, 2020

Notably, the research found that titles regarding fictional epidemics, such as Albert Camus' The Plague, and The Viral Storm, by Nathan D. Wolfe are seeing increased sales.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2020

The Plague itself did not destroy the feudal system.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2016

Played this game called The Plague, which I did not participate in, by the way!

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio




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