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The Plague

Albert Camus · 1947

Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.

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What did The Plague leave in you?

One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.

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CarriedNo. 5JOH0I

The line you carried will sit here, in print.

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The Plague

Albert Camus · 1947

Carried byYour name26 OCT 2026

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10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf

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It's the doctor's job, that's all. Heroism as a punch clock, Rieux said it plain.
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Carried bySana11 FEB 2026
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The rats came out first to die. Every warning since has looked like that.
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Carried byPetra11 MAR 2026
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Tarrou's secret: be a man without the plague. The whole book fits in that sentence.
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Carried byAmir16 APR 2026
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Paneloux preached twice. The second sermon was better because it hurt.
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Carried byGrace24 MAY 2026
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Rambert chose to stay. Love of a woman expanded into love of a city.
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Carried byLucy27 JUN 2026
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Swimming together at the end, one page of peace they had to earn all book.
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Carried byIlan29 JUL 2026
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The plague bacillus never dies. I closed the book and watched the news.
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Carried byVera29 AUG 2026
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Grand writes the same sentence forever. Devotion isn't talent.
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Carried byWren29 SEP 2026
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Oran's gates closed and the town learned the sky was all it had. I walked more after this.
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Carried byMira18 OCT 2026
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Carried out of it: showing up is the whole cure. Nothing else is guaranteed.
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Carried bySana27 OCT 2026