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"Les Fleurs du Mal" by Charles Baudelaire is a volume of French poetry first published in 1857. This groundbreaking collection explores themes of decadence, eroticism, suffering, and death through unconventional imagery and forms. Six poems were censored upon release for immorality, sparking prosecution and controversy. The work broke with poetic tradition and became a cornerstone of symbolist and modernist movements. Now recognized as a major achievement in French literature, it profoundly influenced poets including Verlaine, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867 |
|---|---|
| Title | Les Fleurs du Mal |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal |
| Credits | Produced by Tonya Allen, Julie Barkley, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French poetry -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 6099 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 22, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3046 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Original page: gutenberg.org/ebooks/6099