The Plague

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The Plague of Athens was a disease caused by Yersinia pestis that killed one-quarter of Athenian troops in 430 BC.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

Another novel that is selling well is The Plague by French author Albert Camus.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2020

Counterintuitive as it may sound, people fearing the coronavirus are buying up copies of Albert Camus’ The Plague, Stephen King’s The Stand, and Dean Koontz’s The Eyes of Darkness.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2020

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

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