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An ordinary young employee lived in aimless inertia all day long. One day he was accused by the court of murder, but was eventually sentenced to death for "not crying at his mother's funeral"...

Look for the personally recommended version by Camus' daughter! Original 10,000-word introduction for Doctor of Literature from the Sorbonne University in Paris; original mind map; officially authorized collection of Camus's preface; collection of famous paintings; in-depth expansion of literature handbook; hardcover collector's edition, including small page-turning animations, interactive reading! I used to feel that life was meaningless, until Sisyphus told me the true meaning of life! Why is life so tiring? What is the purpose of living day after day? What is the meaning of life? Camus said: Life is meaningless, so it is more worth living! This is a book of life written for young "workers", specializing in treating "the meaninglessness of life"! "The Myth of Sisyphus" was first published in 1942. It is a comprehensive reflection on the meaning of life by Nobel Prize winner Camus. This book directly faces the dilemma of human existence and has become an influential philosophical essay in Western literature in the 20th century.

"The Camus Collection" includes Camus' three masterpieces: "The Plague", "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus". Among them, "The Myth of Sisyphus" is a philosophical essay, which is Camus' in-depth and concentrated investigation and thorough and clear explanation of the philosophy of absurdity. The book is divided into three parts. The first part, "The Myth of Sisyphus," is divided into three aspects: absurd reasoning, absurd people, and absurd creation. The author conducts in-depth philosophical discussions on philosophical issues such as absurdity and suicide. "The Myth of Sisyphus" is not only a triumphant song of liberal humanism, it constitutes a style that is both pathos and sublime.

In a small city with hundreds of thousands of residents, the plague suddenly struck, claiming hundreds of lives and changing the entire city's administrative management, social order, and moral conscience... The city was heavily sealed, and no one could enter or exit...

"The Plague" takes place in Oran, a small city in North Africa. It is an ordinary and peaceful city. However, the arrival of the plague broke this calm. One night in April, Dr. Rieux was walking out of the clinic when he stumbled over a dead rat. He didn't pay much attention at first. A few days later, tens of thousands of rats died en masse, and the drains were filled with dead rats. A wave of panic swept through the city. Immediately afterwards, Rieux discovered the first patient, who had symptoms such as vomiting, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes. He realized that this could be a highly lethal infectious disease. However, city officials deliberately concealed the epidemic in order to protect their power. Soon, the epidemic spread rapidly, and the government finally issued a plague warning and the city was locked down. This city has completely become an island. In Camus's works, in the face of crisis, different characters made completely different choices, but ordinary people led by Rieux always fought against the plague in their own way.

"Happy Death": Mersault, a small employee in the company, does boring work day after day and lives an unchanging life. He is lonely, nihilistic, and has no interest in the entire world. After orchestrating a murder, he gained vast wealth and was able to escape his eight-hour day job, becoming rich and free. Start traveling and traveling around... Can you be happy if you have money? Can you be happy if you have time? Can you be happy with a lover and love? How can we truly feel self-satisfaction and happiness? Meursault kept thinking about these issues during his journey and explored the joy of living... "The Outsider": Meursault, a small company clerk, was accused by the court of murder, but was eventually sentenced to death because he "did not cry when his mother was buried." In our society, anyone who does not cry at his mother's funeral is liable to death. --Camus

"The Outsider" uses an objective record-type "zero style" to describe the protagonist Meursault's various absurd plots and experiences from attending his mother's funeral to accidentally becoming a murderer, and then to being sentenced to death. Meursault seems to be indifferent to everything, existing rationally and irrationally indifferently, maintaining an excessive honesty and unvarnished and flattering frankness. Even if this kind of catering is to avoid unnecessary trouble, or even to obtain favorable conditions related to life and death, he categorically refuses to regard false scams as the eternal hope. He fully acknowledges the limitations of life and lives a sober, unflinching life based only on honesty and courage. Living in truth to preserve the dignity of life, this "outsider" style that is incompatible with society eventually led to his death, or in other words, made him freely move towards his own destiny. Meursault's experience promotes the absurdity and meaninglessness of life, and also shows the free and passionate spirit of resistance. "The Outsider" is one of Camus' famous and representative novels. It can be called one of the famous novels with epoch-making significance in the entire Western literary world in the 20th century. "The Outsider" has thus become the most classic character image and keyword in Western literature and philosophy.

Mersault, a clerk in the company, does boring work day after day and leads an unchanging life. He is lonely, nihilistic, and has no interest in the whole world. After orchestrating a murder, he gained vast wealth and was able to escape his eight-hour day job, becoming rich and free. Start traveling and traveling around... Can you be happy if you have money? Can you be happy if you have time? Can you be happy with a lover and love? How can we truly feel self-satisfaction and happiness? Mersault kept thinking about these issues during his journey and explored the joy of living... "A Happy Death" is the debut novel written by Nobel Prize winner Camus at the age of 24. Camus used his own real experience and "absurdity" experience as material to create the protagonist Mersault, which was his initial exploration of the meaning of life. The origin and answer of the questions that Camus has been thinking about throughout his life can be found in "The Happy Death"!

From his early entry into the literary world in 1935 to his sudden death in 1960, Camus recorded his thoughts on creation and life in the form of notebooks for about twenty-five years. He wrote a total of nine exercise books for students, including literature, philosophy, politics, views on human destiny, as well as writing plans, reading notes, scenery, travel notes, contacts, etc., Presenting to readers what Camus saw, heard, thought, and did as an artist, writer, and philosopher through concise and clear words.

"The Stranger" is the starting point of Camus's thoughts. It is written in the form of a autobiography by Meursault, an employee of a shipping company in Algiers. The novel shocked the reading world with its concise and almost dry writing style and its calm and almost indifferent tone. "The Myth of Sisyphus" demonstrates the basic idea of ​​"The Stranger" in philosophical language. Camus discusses the "Philosophy of the Absurd" in his book, which is a complete philosophical system from awakening to action.