This novel's characters include Father Paneloux, who gives multiple sermons to the citizenship of Oran.
Events in part 3 of this novel include the setting becoming covered in a "grey slime" and the passage of a law that effectively makes burning one's own house down a capital crime. In Part 4 of this novel, a man dies while partaking in a performance of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice. At this novel's end, a dog is shot to death by an insane man before the police storm his home. Its main character has a conversation with the journalist (*) Raymond, who asks him if he can help him to get back to his wife in Paris. This novel's characters include Father Paneloux, who gives multiple sermons to the citizenship of Oran. Opening with the death of numerous rats, much of it revolves around Dr. Bernard Rieux, who combats the title calamity. For 10 points, name this novel by Albert Camus.
Events in part 3 of this novel include the setting becoming covered in a "grey slime" and the passage of a law that effectively makes burning one's own house down a capital crime.
The Plague [or La Peste]