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Water drinkers and other sketches of Paris in the Romantic era /

Henry Murger is best known for writing the book and play that Giacomo Puccini used as the basis of his delicious opera La Bohème, later the source of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent. In this collection, Zack Rogow has translated and adapted Murger's best fiction in one volume. The title pie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murger, Henri, 1822-1861 (Author)
Other Authors: Rogow, Zack (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:In English ; translated from French.
Published: Boston : Black Widow Press, [2025].
Subjects:
Murger, Henri, > 1822-1861.
Romanticism > France > Paris.
Romanticism > France > History > 19th century.
French literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Art > France > Paris > Fiction.
Authors, French > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Bohemianism > France > Paris > Fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Translator's introduction
  • The water drinkers
  • The funeral supper
  • Heated romance in a cold spell
  • Acknowledgements.