Funeral

Pompe Funèbre is an account written by Robert William Chambers pertaining to the set of stories The mystery of the election (1897). Summary

The story chronicles the activities that the Purple Emperor performs in the Sexton Forest. In reading it is discovered that the Purple Emperor was created by God to come into the world to keep all the secrets of humanity and live and die alone; also that he faces many problems and challenges in this forest, including surviving deadly traps of other creatures that live there.

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