Around the same time, Leoncavallo & this man both wrote operas based on the novel "Scenes de la vie de boheme"
The libretto for the opera is based on both versions, a wise 
choice by... [DOC] [TLE] The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme ... [PAR] His classic novel of Bohemian life is based on a series of magazine sketches 
later ..... seen both the opera and the modern adaptation, Rent (a musical), both 
of which I ... this book was written in the 1800s.