Abbreviations
| AC | Algerian Chronicles, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with an Introduction by Alice Kaplan (Cambridge MA: Belknap Press, 2013) |
| AJ | American Journals, translated by Hugh Levick (New York: Paragon House, 1987) |
| CC | Camus at Combat: Writing 1944–1947, edited by Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi and translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with a Foreword by David Carroll (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006) |
| CG | Albert Camus & Jean Grenier: Correspondence, 1932–1960, translated with an Introduction by Jan Rigaud, and Annotations by Marguerite Dobrenn (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003) |
| cmn | Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism, translated with an Introduction by Ronald Srigley (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 2007) |
| cop | Caligula and Three Other Plays, translated by Stuart Gilbert (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1958) |
| EK | Exile and the Kingdom, translated by Justin O’Brien (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1957/1958) |
| F | The Fall, translated by Justin O’Brien (New York: Vintage International, 1956) |
| fek | The Fall and Exile and the Kingdom, translated by Justin O’Brien (New York: Modern Library, n.d.) |
| FM | The First Man, translated by David Hapgood (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1995; London: Penguin, 1996) |
| HD | A Happy Death (= Cahiers Albert Camus I), translated by Richard Howard, with Afterword and Notes by Jean Sarocchi (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972) |
| lce | Lyrical and Critical Essays, edited by Philip Thody and translated by Ellen Conroy Kennedy (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1968) |
| MS | The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, translated by Justin O’Brien (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955) |
| NB i | Notebooks 1935–1942, translated and annotated by Philip Thody (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1963) |
| NB ii | Notebooks 1942–1951, translated and annotated by Justin O’Brien (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1966) |
| NB iii | Notebooks 1951–1959, translated and annotated by Ryan Bloom (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2008) |
| O | The Outsider, translated by Stuart Gilbert (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946) The Outsider, translated by Joseph Laredo (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982) The Outsider, translated by Sandra Smith (London: Penguin, 2013) |
| P | The Plague, translated by Stuart Gilbert (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1961) The Plague, translated by Stuart Gilbert (London: Penguin, 1971) The Plague, translated by Robin Buss (New York: Penguin, 2013) |
| pos | The Possessed: A Play in Three Acts, translated by Justin O’Brien (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960) |
| R | The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt, a revised and complete translation by Anthony Bower, with a Foreword by Sir Herbert Read (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1954) |
| rrd | Resistance, Rebellion, and Death, translated by Justin O’Brien (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1960) |
| S | The Stranger, translated by Stuart Gilbert (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1946) The Stranger, translated by Matthew Ward (New York: Vintage International, 1988/1989) |
| SC | Sartre and Camus: A Historic Confrontation, edited and translated by David Sprintzen and Adrian van den Hoven (New York: Humanity Books, 2004) |
| sen | Selected Essays and Notebooks, edited and translated by Philip Thody (London: Penguin, 1970) |
| TP | Two Plays: Caligula and Cross Purpose, translated by Stuart Gilbert (London: New Directions, 1947) |
| YW | Youthful Writings (= Cahiers Albert Camus II), translated by Ellen Conroy Kennedy, with an Introductory Essay by Paul Viallaneix (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976) |
The works of Camus in French are referenced by volume and page according to the edition of his works in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade:
Albert Camus: Oeuvres complètes, volumes i–iv, edited by Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi and Raymond Gay-Crosier (Paris: Gallimard, 2006–2008)
If the quotation from Albert Camus in the text does not contain an English source, the editorial team of this volume provided the translation from French.