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The Myth of Sisyphus

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@misc{literatureatlas-the-myth-of-sisyphus,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {The Myth of Sisyphus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-myth-of-sisyphus},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Myth of Sisyphus (Le Mythe de Sisyphe, 1942), subtitled 'An Absurd Reasoning', is Albert Camus's central philosophical essay, opening with the claim that suicide is 'the one truly serious philosophical problem' and closing with the image of Sisyphus, condemned to push his boulder up the mountain forever, whom Camus insists we must imagine happy.

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1. The Myth of Sisyphus (Wikipedia)

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The essay was published in French in 1942.

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2. Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)

Associated With: The Essay, Subtitled 'An Absurd Reasoning' in the original French edition; structured and read as a sustained philosophical essay rather than fiction.

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