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Book Reviews of CALIGULA & THREE OTHER PLAYS

CALIGULA & THREE OTHER PLAYS
CALIGULA THREE OTHER PLAYS
Author: ALBERT CAMUS
ISBN-13: 9781299537767
ISBN-10: 1299537766
Publication Date: 1/1/1958
Edition: 1st US
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
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Caligula is a drama concerning the evils of absolute power as it leads to corruption.

The Misunderstanding has an off-beat plot that is somewhat spoiled for the reader as the authors preface divulges the climax. What we have here is a lack of communication.

According to some, State of Siege occurs during the two and one-half year siege of Cadiz by the French (1810-1812). It is Camus protest against totalitarianism, particularly that of Hitler and Franco. His character, first introduced as The Man and later as The Plague, represents the despot. Its a bit too abstruse for me.

In The Just Assassins revolutionists are plotting a surgical strike against a Grand Duke in Czarist Russia. Be prepared for a great deal of philosophy and idealism.