It is a story about a bohemian (written in first person) who lives in a garret as a struggling artist and who describes the life around him, the city, the life of a struggling artist, and the characters he sees every day. All this takes place in pre-WWI Paris. Then the war breaks out on August 14, 1914, and the tone changes to fit the miseries of war and its aftermath.
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Robert W. Service - Ballads of a Bohemian
Ballads of a Bohemian
Robert W. Service
Description
It is a story about a bohemian (written in first person) who lives in a garret as a struggling artist and who describes the life around him, the city, the life of a struggling artist, and the characters he sees every day. All this takes place in pre-WWI Paris. Then the war breaks out on August 14, 1914, and the tone changes to fit the miseries of war and its aftermath.