The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire
"The Flowers of Evil" by Charles Baudelaire is a volume of French poetry first published in 1857. This groundbreaking collection broke with tradition through suggestive imagery and unusual forms, exploring themes of decadence, eroticism, suffering, and death. Six poems were censored for immorality, and Baudelaire was prosecuted for insulting public decency. Despite—or perhaps because of—its controversy, the work became a cornerstone of the symbolist and modernist movements, profoundly influencing French poetry and
earning recognition as a major literary achievement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867 |
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| Translator | Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970 |
| Uniform Title | Les Fleurs du Mal. English |
| Title | The Flowers of Evil |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal |
| Credits | Produced by Andrea Ball and Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French poetry -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 36098 |
| Release Date | May 13, 2011 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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