The Plague
French novelist, 1913–1960.
The Plague is a 1947 novel by Albert Camus, translated from French.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Albert Camus
- First published
- 1947
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Philosophical, Psychological, Religion and faith
Is The Plague worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian) and The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 80 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Plague
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2002), 272 pages, translated by Robin Buss.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2002)
- Pages
- 272
- Translator
- Robin Buss
- ISBN
- 9780141185132
How critics and readers rate The Plague
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 12% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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