La Chute

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La Chute is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus that presents a dramatic monologue of a former Parisian lawyer reflecting on guilt, judgment, and the human condition.

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La Chute canonical 4

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instanceOf existentialist literature ⓘ
novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
author Albert Camus ⓘ
centralMotif confession ⓘ
fall ⓘ
judgment of others ⓘ
self-judgment ⓘ
containsElement extended monologue in a bar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exploresConcept freedom and responsibility ⓘ
moral complicity ⓘ
original sin (metaphorical) ⓘ
the role of the judge-penitent ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1956 ⓘ
followsInCamusOeuvre The Plague ⓘ
hasApproximateLength short novel ⓘ
hasCharacterRole judge-penitent ⓘ
hasGenre existential novel ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later existential and postmodern fiction ⓘ
hasNarratorNationality French ⓘ
hasNarratorOccupation former lawyer ⓘ
hasStructure series of monologues over several nights ⓘ
literaryForm dramatic monologue ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Jean-Baptiste Clamence ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notablePlaceInText Mexico City bar in Amsterdam ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle La Chute ⓘ
partOf Albert Camus's later works ⓘ
philosophicalCurrent absurdism ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Paris ⓘ
primaryTheme existential despair ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
the human condition ⓘ
publisher Gallimard ⓘ
settingLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
textType prose ⓘ
translatedTitle The Fall ⓘ

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The Fall → originalTitle → La Chute ⓘ
La Chute → originalTitle → La Chute ⓘ