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1、ThePlaguebyAlbertCamus[TranslatedbyStuartGilbert]Itisasreasonabletorepresentonekindofimprisonmentbyanother,asitistorepresentanythingthatreallyexistsbythatwhichexistsnot.DANIELDEFOETranslationCopyright1948byStuartGilbertAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventio
2、ns.PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork.OriginallypublishedinFrenchasLaPeste.Copyright1947byLibrairieGallimard.ByarrangementwithLibrairieGallimard.THEMODERNLIBRARYispublishedbyRandomHouse,Inc.ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaCONTENTSpartIpartIIpartIIIpartIVpartVPART
3、ITheunusualeventsdescribedinthischronicleoccurredin194-atOran.Everyoneagreedthat,consideringtheirsomewhatextraordinarycharacter,theywereoutofplacethere.ForitsordinarinessiswhatstrikesonefirstaboutthetownofOran,whichismerelyalargeFrenchportontheAlgeriancoast,headquartersofthePrefectofaFr
4、enchDepartment.Thetownitself,letusadmit,isugly.Ithasasmug,placidairandyouneedtimetodiscoverwhatitisthatmakesitdifferentfromsomanybusinesscentersinotherpartsoftheworld.Howtoconjureupapicture,forinstance,ofatownwithoutpigeons,withoutanytreesorgardens,whereyouneverhearthebeatofwingsortheru
5、stleofleaves—athoroughlynegativeplace,inshort?Theseasonsarediscriminatedonlyinthesky.Allthattellsyouofspring'scomingisthefeeloftheair,orthebasketsofflowersbroughtinfromthesuburbsbypeddlers;it'saspringcriedinthemarketplaces.Duringthesummerthesunbakesthehousesbone-dry,sprinklesourwallswit
6、hgrayishdust,andyouhavenooptionbuttosurvivethosedaysoffireindoors,behindclosedshutters.Inautumn,ontheotherhand,wehavedelugesofmud.Onlywinterbringsreallypleasantweather.Perhapstheeasiestwayofmakingatown'sacquaintanceistoascertainhowthepeopleinitwork,howtheylove,andhowtheydie.Inourlittlet
7、own(isthis,onewonders,aneffectoftheclimate?)allthreearedoneonmuchthesamelines,withthesamefeverishyetcasualair.Thetruthisthateveryoneisbored,anddevoteshimselftocultivatinghabits.Ourcitizensworkhard,butsolelywiththeobjectofgettingrich.Theirchiefinterestisincommerce,andtheirchiefa
