In the simple words of this epitaph one of the timid
creature's friends can read the last scene of a tragedy. Every year,
on the second of November, the solemn day of the dead, he never passes
this youthful monument without wondering whether it does not need a
stronger woman than Augustine to endure the violent embrace of genius?
"The humble and modest flowers that bloom in the valley," he reflects,
"perish perhaps when they are transplanted too near the skies, to the
region where storms gather and the sun is scorching."
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Aiglemont, General, Marquis Victor d'
The Firm of Nucingen
A Woman of Thirty
Birotteau, Cesar
Cesar Birotteau
A Bachelor's Establishment
Camusot
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment
Cousin Pons
The Muse of the Department
Cesar Birotteau
Cardot, Jean-Jerome-Severin
A Start in Life
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment
Cesar Birotteau
Carigliano, Marechal, Duc de
Father Goriot
Sarrasine
Carigliano, Duchesse de
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
The Peasantry
The Member for Arcis
Guillaume
Cesar Birotteau
Lebas, Joseph
Cesar Birotteau
Cousin Betty
Lebas, Madame Joseph (Virginie)
Cesar Birotteau
Cousin Betty
Lourdois
Cesar Birotteau
Rabourdin, Xavier
The Government Clerks
Cesar Birotteau
The Middle Classes
Roguin, Madame
Cesar Birotteau
Pierrette
A Second Home
A Daughter of Eve
Sommervieux, Theodore de
The Government Clerks
Modeste Mignon
Sommervieux, Madame Theodore de (Augustine)
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Cesar Birotteau
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