Scenes of Bohemian Life

Scenes of Bohemian LifeThis bookis a new translation of Henry Murgers influential Scnes de la vie de bohme, first published in French in 1851. The book recounts the lives of a bohemian group of creative young people as they fall in and out of love, endure cold and hunger, enjoy drunken parties, see their friends suffer and die of poverty, and finally emerge as mature artists. The book's publication soon inspired many (mostly young) people to seek out a bohemian life in

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