The Fall

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The Fall
The Fall is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. It is his last complete work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, The Fall consists of a series of dramatic monologues by the self-proclaimed “judge-penitent” Jean-Baptiste Clamence, as he reflects upon his life to a stranger.
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. Camus was born in Algeria to French Pieds Noirs parents.

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104 printed pages

Original publication: 2021
Publication year: 2021

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Amandla Ngcobohas quoted3 days ago
O young woman, throw yourself into the water again so that I may a second time have the chance of saving both of us!” A second time, eh, what a risky suggestion! Just suppose, cher maître, that we should be taken literally? We’d have to go through with it. Brr ...! The water’s so cold! But let’s not worry! It’s too late now. It will always be too late.
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Amandla Ngcobohas quoted3 days ago
Are we not all alike, constantly talking and to no one, forever up against the same questions although we know the answers in advance?
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I would be decapitated, for instance, and I’d have no more fear of death; I’d be saved. Above the gathered crowd, you would hold up my still warm head, so that they could recognize themselves in it and I could again dominate
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