Henry Murger, 1851. The original novel of sketches from which the libretto for Puccini’s La bohème was ultimately derived. This bawdy, brilliant and unsentimental work provides unmissable insights into the background and attitudes of the opera’s characters and is essential reading for anyone undertaking a performance.
Download translationAlphonse Daudet, 1884. A naïve young man from the south of France, Jean Gaussin, is introduced into the Bohemian world of Paris’s artistic life and soon falls in love with the enigmatic ‘Sapho’, a woman with a storied and ambiguous past. They attempt a ‘normal’ life, but Jean is unable to control his jealousy and...
Download translationGuy de Maupassant, 1887. One of Maupassant’s short horror stories, it tells of an invisible extra-terrestrial entity that invades the life of the narrator, jeopardising his sanity and his life. He makes a desperate attempt to rid himself of this malevolent vampire.
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