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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Based on an 1835 novel by Honore de Balzac, this play revolves
around a platonic love affair between the beautiful Henriette, her
much older husband, and the handsome young Felix. But such a
relationship cannot be sustained forever. The only question is: who
will be the first to crack under the strain?
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
Henry Murger wrote a series of popular short stories in the late
1840s describing the poverty of the young artists of his generation
in Paris, basing them on his personal experiences. These were
adapted for the stage by Theodore Barriere in 1857. The play
follows the fortunes of several young people, including Marcel (a
painter), Musette (his promiscuous lover), Rodolphe (a writer), and
Mimi (his faithful but fatally ill companion). Unable to support
themselves from their art, they are doomed either to sell out or
die of despair and the bad living conditions they're forced to
endure. But all remain bright, sympathetic characters full of
optimism, despite their lack of commercial success. It's the
eternal story of talented youth struggling against a bourgeois
society that doesn't appreciate them. Barriere and Murger's work
later formed the basis of Puccini's enormously successful opera, La
Boheme. A wonderfully romantic musical drama.
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