The grisette as part of the bohemian sub-culture was a frequent character in French fiction of the time. She is personified as Rigolette in Eugene Sue's "The Mysteries of Paris", as Fantine in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables", and Marthe in George Sand's "Horace", as well as in the protagonist in Alfred de Musset's "Mademoiselle Mimi Pinson: Profil de grisette". Notable examples in British and American fiction are Trilby in the 1894 George du Maurier novel of the same name, and Marie in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Mystery of Marie Roget". "Trilby" was largely based on du Maurier's experiences as a student in Parisian bohemia during the 1850s. Poe's 1842 story was based on the unsolved murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers near New York City. Poe translated the setting to Paris and Mary Rogers to a young grisette, Marie Roget. Subtitled "A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'", it was the first detective story to attempt the solution of a real crime. Possibly the most enduring grisette of all is Mimi in Henri Murger's novel (and subsequent play) "Scènes de la vie de Bohème", the source for Puccini's famous opera "La bohème".