
Caligula and Other Plays
Caligula; Cross Purpose; The Just; The Possessed
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 28. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-14-118315-2 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of four plays by Camus: "The Just", "The Possessed", "Caligula" and "Cross Purpose", all of which illustrate the significant shift over the years in Camus's view of the human condition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-118315-2 (9780141183152)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Among his works, The Plague (1947), The Just (1949) The Fall (1956). He was killed in a road accident in 1960. His last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared for the first time in 1994.