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| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Chapter 1 | The "unusual events" of the story, told by an as-yet-unnamed narrator, begin in the port town of Oran, Algeria, in the 1... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 2 | As Dr. Bernard Rieux is leaving his surgery one April morning, he steps on a dead rat and kicks it aside. He tells the c... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 3 | It turns out M. Michel's death is just the first of several similar deaths all over town. The narrator explains that som... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 4 | Dr. Rieux calls his colleague, Dr. Richard, and they discuss the sickness. Dr. Rieux wants to quarantine patients with t... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 5 | The narrator explains a plague is similar to a war: common in all times and places, yet, somehow surprising. Also, peopl... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 6 | Joseph Grand, Cottard, and Dr. Rieux are discussing the plague, though no one wants to say the word plague. Joseph Grand... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 7 | A meeting with the Prefect of Oran has been set, and Dr. Rieux and Dr. Castel ride together to attend. Rieux tells Caste... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 8 | Town leaders post fliers that inform the public about the illness and what they are doing about it (measures such as kil... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 9 | Under quarantine, the citizens of Oran are lonely and afraid. They suddenly begin to think of all the loved ones who liv... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 10 | As activity in Oran grinds to a halt, the people begin to blame the town authorities for their situation. And although h... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 11 | The town is about a month into the plague, and there is another sharp increase in cases. A Week of Prayer is declared, a... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 12 | Anxiety increases to panic in Oran. Joseph Grand and Dr. Rieux talk at a cafe a few days after Father Paneloux's sermon,... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 13 | Rambert is not rushing the gates, but he has been trying everything he can think of to get the authorities to let him le... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 14 | The death toll in Oran continues to accelerate to more than 700 per week as summer sets in and the weather turns even ho... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 15 | The number of dead continues to escalate, and the serum that finally arrived does not seem to be working. Mme. Rieux, Dr... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 16 | Tarrou manages to get several people to volunteer in the fight against the plague. The narrator has some opinion about w... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 17 | Rambert decides he will have to pursue illegal means to escape Oran. Cottard hears Rambert share this sentiment with Dr.... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 18 | It is the height of summer, the weather is still hot, and the plague continues in Oran. The people of the town are like ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 19 | Weeks pass and the people of Oran are becoming apathetic about the plague. Dr. Rieux is still treating patients, and Ram... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 20 | Rambert is still trying to escape Oran. Arrangements have been made, and his escape attempt is scheduled in two weeks. I... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 21 | Near the end of October, Dr. Castel's new anti-plague serum is ready to test. M. Othon's son is the first trial, and it ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 22 | Father Paneloux has been working as part of Dr. Rieux's volunteers and has been "at the forefront of the fight" against ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 23 | It's All Soul's Day, but no one wants to visit the graves of their loved ones because they "no longer wished to be remin... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 24 | The quarantine camps, with their smell and the sense of dread they inspire, lower morale among the citizens of Oran. Peo... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 25 | The residents of Oran no longer think of the future. Morale is very low, but patients are a little more cooperative with... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 26 | People are still dying, but in far fewer numbers. It might be that the serum is working, or simply that the plague ran i... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 27 | Although the narrator notes that Tarrou's journal seems less objective than before, he still uses it as a reference. The... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 28 | Tarrou comes down with plague symptoms, and Dr. Rieux does not want to quarantine him. In defiance of normal procedures,... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 29 | February rolls around, and the town's gates are opened. People can come and go, and they do. The trains are full. People... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 30 | Dr. Bernard Rieux confesses that he is the narrator, explaining that he talked to many different people during the plagu... Read More |
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