It’s more or less a year to the day since I read Albert Camus’ rather superb The Plague, so I thought I’d celebrate the occasion with a shot of an early 1970′s Penguin edition, from an aspect that is of prime importance to every bibliophile – the price. I know it’s all comparative to the period and all that, but 20p for a Modern Classic? If only Penguin had seen fit to retain that price point.
The good news is Penguin still publish The Plague under their Classics label (albeit in a new translation), but the bad news is it’s going to cost you almost 45 x more (£8.99) for the privilege of owning it (worth every penny though).
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