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The Fall

by Albert Camus · 1956

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Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searing study of modern amorality.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
philosophy
Setting
20th centuryAmsterdamParisEuropeEuropean
Subject
philosophypsychology
Audience
adult
Length
short · 147 pages
Form
novella

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