The Plague Boughton The dense woods surrounding the

The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers

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are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt – where they will starve to death

perhaps cry

The Plague Boughton The dense woods surrounding theThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation, and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's