Creator
RODOLPHE MONETTI, ed.
Title
Manual for the Perfect Woodstove Installer
Subject
First mentioned in Henri Murger’s Scène de la vie bohème
Description
This is the book that Rodolfo [in La Bohème] has promised to edit for his uncle’s business in return for enough money to live on while working on the book, plus one hundred crowns on completion, with an advance of fifty francs. The chapters on “Vents” and on “Pipes” were thought to be especially poetic, but Uncle Monetti still hoped to apply for letters patent for his project, which was, unsurprisingly, never delivered.
Source
Manuel du Parfait Fumiste