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Author Murger, Henri, 1822-1861, author.

Title The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter / Henry Murger ; translated by Ellen Marriage and John Selwyn ; introduction by Maurice Samuels
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004]

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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- I. How the Brotherhood Came Together -- II. A Messenger of Providence -- III. Lenten Loves -- IV. Ali Rodolphe, or, the Involuntary Turk -- V. Charlemagne's Crown-Piece -- VI. Mademoiselle Musette -- VII. Floods of Pactolus -- VIII. What A Crown-Piece Costs -- IX. Polar Violets -- X. The Cape of Storms -- XI. A Café in Bohemia -- XII. A Reception in Bohemia -- XIII. The House-Warming -- XIV. Mademoiselle Mimi -- XV. Donec Gratus -- XVI. ""The Passage of the Red Sea"" -- XVII. The Toilette of the Graces
XVIII. Francine's Muff -- XIX. Musette's Whims -- XX. Mimi has Feathers -- XXI. Romeo and Juliet -- XXII. Epilogue to the Loves of Rodolphe and Mademoiselle Mimi -- XXIII. Youth Comes but Once
Summary "Today, as of old, every man who enters on an artistic career, without any other means of livelihood than his art itself, will be forced to walk in the paths of Bohemia."--The PrefaceBased largely upon Henri Murger's own experiences and those of his fellow artists, The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter was originally produced as a play in 1849 and first appeared in book form in 1851. It was an immediate sensation. The novel consists of a series of interrelated episodes in the lives of a group of poor friends-a musician, a poet, a philosopher, a sculptor, and a painter-who attempt to maintain their artistic ideals while struggling for food, shelter, and sex. Set in the ancient Latin Quarter, a vibrant and cosmopolitan area near the University of Paris, the novel is a masterful portrait of nineteenth-century Parisian artistic life. "Bohemian" soon became synonymous with "artist," and it is from Murger's novel that the word and concept entered the English language. Drawn from real-life characters and events, the themes of love, sacrifice, and "selling out" are immediately recognizable to the modern reader. Capturing the heart, spirit, and bittersweet humor of the world of struggling artists, The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter is the universal story of one's attempt to leave a mark on the world
Notes Translated from the French
Originally published: London : Greening and Co., 1901. Now with new introduction
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 17, 2018)
Subject Intellectuals -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
Bohemianism -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
FICTION -- General.
Bohemianism.
Intellectual life.
Intellectuals.
SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Fiction
Quartier latin (Paris, France) -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Subject France -- Paris -- Quartier Latin.
France -- Paris.
Genre/Form novels.
Novels.
Fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
Author Marriage, Ellen, translator.
Selwyn, John, translator.
ISBN 9780812200959
0812200950
Other Titles Scènes de la vie de Bohème. English (Marriage and Selwyn)