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When the plague takes a grip on the town, Grand joins the team of volunteers, acting as general secretary and recording the statistics. Rieux regards him as "the real example of the calm virtue that animated the public health squads". [6] Grand contracts the plague and asks Rieux to burn his manuscript, but then makes an unexpected recovery.
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague is a 2001 international bestselling historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks. [1] It was chosen as both a New York Times [ 2 ] and Washington Post [ 3 ] Notable Book.
Plague 99 (ISBN 0-15-262429-5) is a 1989 novel written by Jean Ure. It tells the story of a pandemic that shuts down London , and a group of three teenagers that survive the outbreak . The book takes an apocalyptic view and details the experiences of the three principal characters at the end of the year 1999, as the plague wipes out the ...
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Jack London's 1912 The Scarlet Plague was reprinted in the February 1949 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries. Diseases, especially if infectious, have long been popular themes and plot devices in fiction. [1] [7] Daniel Defoe's pioneering 1722 A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictional diary of a man's life during the plague year of 1665 in ...
A Plague Tale: Requiem continues the story that began with Innocence, but with cleverly improved gameplay and one of the most visually stunning worlds you can explore in video games.
The bubonic plague is a devastating disease that kills your body from the inside out. 75 million people, including over half of Europe's population, were affected by the disease in the 14th century.
The Plague (original title: La Peste) is a 1992 Argentine-French-British drama film written and directed by Luis Puenzo and starring William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Robert Duvall and Raul Julia. It is based on the novel La Peste by Albert Camus. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. [1] [2]