The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter, credited to Henry Murger, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger. (Translated by Anonymous.) Read in English by Expatriate As much as any other work of literature, Henri Murger’s 1851 collection of witty sketches Scènes de la vie de bohème shaped the later romanticized image of the bohemian artist: independent, insouciant, exuberantly lustful, devoted to Art for Art’s sake no matter how cold and hungry the artist might be. Four young Parisian artists, Schaunard the composer, Marcel the painter, Rodolphe the poet, and Colline the philosopher, form an informal Bohemian alliance dedicated to Art and the joy of Life. Pretty and faithless young mistresses come and go from their beds, most notably Mimi, Phémie, and Musette, while the young artists do their best to foil their creditors and feed their bellies on the way to artistic glory. Resisting the conforming forces of Success and Society is their greatest challenge, and in the end the question is: Does a time come at last to give up the joys of Bohemia? ( Expatriate)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
• Author credits: Henry Murger
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 9:59:23

Catalogue topics

• French literature
• bohemians
• artists & art

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 00 - Author's Original Preface — 28:13
2. 01 - I. How the Bohemian Club Was Formed (1) — 22:46
3. 02 - I. How the Bohemian Club Was Formed (2) — 20:37
4. 03 - I. How the Bohemian Club Was Formed (3) — 16:11
5. 04 - II. A Good Angel — 11:31
6. 05 - III. Lenten Loves — 15:38
7. 06 - IV. Ali Rodolphe\; or, The Turk Perforce — 14:59
8. 07 - V. The Carlovingian Coin — 16:54
9. 08 - VI. Mademoiselle Musette — 13:38
10. 09 - VII. The Billows of Pactolus — 17:18
11. 10 - VIII. The Cost of a Five Franc Piece — 16:06
12. 11 - IX. The White Violets — 14:55
13. 12 - X. The Cape of Storms — 16:05
14. 13 - XI. A Bohemian Cafe — 17:39
15. 14 - XII. A Bohemian 'At Home' (1) — 16:14
16. 15 - XII. A Bohemian 'At Home' (2) — 16:38
17. 16 - XIII. The House Warming — 15:30
18. 17 - XIV. Mademoiselle MImi (1) — 19:48
19. 18 - XIV. Mademoiselle MImi (2) — 17:16
20. 19 - XV. Donec Gratus — 17:03
21. 20 - XVI. The Passage of the Red Sea — 15:45
22. 21 - XVII. The Toilette of the Graces (1) — 16:55
23. 22 - XVII. The Toilette of the Graces (2) — 15:38
24. 23 - XVIII. Francine's Muff (1) — 16:21

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