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Ten of the best cathedrals in literature
At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best cathedrals in literature.One novel on the list:Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertHousewife Emma Bovary has an assignation with student Léon Dupuis in Rouen cathedral. "In the choir a silver lamp was burning, and from the side chapels and dark places of the church sometimes rose sounds like sighs, with the clang of a closing grating …" For Léon,





