Albert Camus

Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French novelist, essayist, playwright, and journalist born in Algeria whose work examines the absurd, revolt, and moral responsibility. The Stranger gives those questions dramatic form through Meursault's estrangement, crime, and judgment. The Plague follows a city's response to epidemic disaster, testing solidarity against fear, habit, and death. In The Fall, a single confessional voice turns moral accusation back on the speaker, exposing vanity and self-deception. These novels belong beside the essays that define Camus's thought, yet they do not reduce characters to examples; their spare scenes keep ethical choices unsettled. The Stranger is the sharpest first encounter with his style, while The Plague broadens the inquiry from an isolated individual to collective endurance and service.