An essay rather than a story, the author writes of her
experience at Pere Lachaise Cemetary in Paris,
where many famous people are buried. She is in search of the grave of Victor
Noir, hero in France
for daring to criticize Napoleon’s cousin. According to lore, anyone who
touches the tomb of Noir will be married within the year. On her way to his
tomb through the 118 acre park, she passes the graves of many of the famous and
infamous interred there. Many of the
tombs and monuments are touching and even lovely.
It doesn’t sound like much, but it’s a pretty little piece,
almost a prose poem.
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