Les Misérables, Book 9: Supreme Shadow, Supreme Dawn, Chapter 6 summary
Book 9: Supreme Shadow, Supreme Dawn, Chapter 6 of 365 · 2 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 6, the narrator describes an unmarked grave in a neglected corner of Père-Lachaise cemetery, where plants, damp, and dirt surround a plain stone. A fading pencil inscription remembers a man whose death follows the loss of someone it calls his angel.
What happens
- The narrator locates a solitary gravestone near the common grave, away from elaborate monuments and paths.
- Weather, plants, and birds leave marks on the stone and its surroundings.
- The stone has no readable name and is shaped only to cover a man's grave.
- Four lines written in pencil many years ago fade beneath rain and dust and are probably erased.
- The inscription links the man's death to losing his angel and compares death's arrival to nightfall.
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What to notice
The inscription makes loss central to the unnamed man's death. It offers a brief personal remembrance where no name remains readable.
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How are the four memorial lines written on the gravestone?
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