Scènes de la vie de bohème
work by Murger
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basis for “La Bohème”
discussed in biography
- In Henri Murger
…reflected in his best-known work, Scènes de la vie de bohème (“Scenes of Bohemian Life”), in which he himself figures as Rodolfe. Published in separate episodes (1847–49), its success enabled Murger to live and write in greater comfort. The work is the basis of Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème.
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