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Albert Camus has 863 books on Goodreads with 4064555 ratings. Albert Camus’s most popular book is The Stranger.
His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel . Camus was born in Algeria during the French colonization, to pied-noir parents. He spent his childhood in a poor neighbourhood and later studied philosophy at the University of Algiers.
Aug 15, 2023 · 1. The Stranger (L’Étranger) L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus – WikiCommons. L’Étranger, or The Stranger (sometimes The Outsider, depending upon the publisher), is by far Camus’ most famous novel.
Below, we select and introduce Albert Camus’ best books, and say a little bit about why each is worth reading. The Plague. This 1947 novel has its origins in a genuine outbreak of plague in Oran, Algeria in the 1940s.
Jun 11, 2024 · Albert Camus was a French novelist, essayist, and playwright, best known for such novels as The Stranger (1942), The Plague (1947), and The Fall (1956) and for his work in leftist causes. He also wrote the influential philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus (1942).
Jul 24, 2021 · The best books by Albert Camus, as recommended by Jamie Lombardi, who teaches philosophy at Bergen Community College in New Jersey.
Works, such as the novels The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), of Algerian-born French writer and philosopher Albert Camus concern the absurdity of the human condition; he won the Nobel Prize of 1957 for literature.
