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Lourdes

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A small town in Southern France. In 1858 a young girl claimed to have visions of the virgin Mary in a grotto. The town has since cashed in big time as a Catholic pilgramage destination - about 5 million tourists each year visit the town of only 15,000 inhabitants.

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a replica of the Grotto of Lourdes in Louisiana,

Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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the father of a family, fervently praying at Lourdes that the next baby might be a boy or a girl,

Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 3]
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Thing is if you really believe in it. Lourdes cure, waters of oblivion,

James Joyce. Ulysses
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