The Essay: Journeys to the Grave

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The Essay: Journeys to the Grave: Lauren Elkin on Oscar Wilde

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Journeys to the Grave

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Five writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

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

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. 

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Writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Writers go on reflective, restorative and even playful walks in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes, and the stories of how they came to be there.

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