Book 2 of this series contains a synopsis of the play, La Vie de Boh?me, by Henry Murger and Th?odore Barri?re, and traces the origins of the characters and the events from Murger's novel, Sc?nes de la Vie de Boh?me (abbreviated as Sc?nes; see Book 1 of the series). An English translation of the play is included based on both the original French and also a Spanish translation.