Nice question, Michael! I think I'd have to search for the original... I have to boast a little and say that I read them - many, many years ago, when you could buy the French editions from London bookshops - in the original French. By sheer chance, I had a 19th century French/English dictionary which helped me out as some of the argot and word usage could not be found in a modern one. Vive Le Chat Noir! Vive Rodolphe Salis! Vive Aristide Bruant! Vive Erik Satie! Etc.
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