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Caligula and Three Other Plays
Caligula and Three Other Plays
Author: Albert Camus, Stuart Gilbert (Translator)
Caligula -- The misunderstanding (Le malentendu) -- State of siege (L'Etat de siege) -- The just assassins (Les justes)
ISBN-13: 9780394702070
ISBN-10: 0394702077
Publication Date: 2/12/1962
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: 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.


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