La Peste
La PesteAlbert Camus
Characters in La Peste
17 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Dr. Bernard Rieux
The doctor at the center of the outbreak, who keeps treating the sick without illusion or hope of reward, simply because it is what must be done.
Supporting characters
Raoul
Father Paneloux
A Jesuit priest who preaches on the plague and searches for religious meaning in the town's suffering.
Joseph Grand
Raymond Rambert
A journalist trapped in Oran by the quarantine, desperate at first to escape the city and rejoin his wife.
Jean Tarrou
A visitor to Oran who organizes teams of volunteer sanitary workers once the quarantine begins.
Cottard
A criminal facing arrest before the outbreak, who finds the epidemic and the city's isolation strangely liberating for himself.
M. Othon
Garcia
Gonzales
Dr. Castel
Dr. Richard
Jacques Othon
The Prefect
Mme. Rieux
Asthma Patient
Marcel