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The Essay

Journeys to the Grave

Lauren Elkin on Oscar Wilde

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Today Lauren Elkin finds Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise, Paris - where the outsider in life overshadows in death the greats of French literature who jostle for space in the famous cemetery.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham Show less

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