Project Gutenberg 2008-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 109 Baudelaire, Charles 1821 1867 Baudelaire-Dufaÿs, Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufays, Charles Pierre Poulet-Malassis, Auguste 1825 1878 Poulet-Malassis, Paul Emmanuel Auguste Poulet-Malassis, A. (Auguste) Rops, Félicien 1833 1898 Rops, Félicien Victor Joseph Rops, Felicien Les épaves de Charles Baudelaire Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les épaves de Charles Baudelaire" by Charles Baudelaire is a collection of poetic works predominantly featuring previously unpublished or condemned poems from his more famous collection "Les Fleurs du Mal." Published in the mid-19th century, it reflects the Romantic era's fascination with beauty, decay, and the complexities of human emotion. The title, translating to "The Wrecks," suggests themes of loss, longing, and the remnants of beauty amidst darkness. The collection begins with "Le coucher du soleil romantique," which captures the poetic longing for beauty as the sun sets, reflecting on the fleeting nature of joy and the inescapability of melancholy. Subsequent pieces explore various aspects of love and desire, such as the passionate and tumultuous relationships depicted in "Lesbos" and "Femmes damnées." The poems evoke vivid imagery, intertwining sensuality and horror, symbolizing the duality of human experience—pleasure and suffering, beauty and decay. Throughout the collection, Baudelaire's innovative use of language and metaphor celebrates the complex nature of existence, inviting readers to immerse themselves in a world rich with emotion and depth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French poetry -- 19th century PQ Text FR Poésie Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 99161 99167 2024-10-11T11:23:26.056538 2023-09-12T04:36:26.572903 text/html text/html 95388 2021-01-04T04:02:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 444012 2021-01-04T04:02:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 204311 2024-10-11T11:23:29.762493 application/epub+zip 202653 2024-10-11T11:23:26.669505 application/epub+zip 84118 2024-10-11T11:23:26.324545 application/epub+zip 235330 2024-10-11T11:23:32.036489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230922 2024-10-11T11:23:29.295502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121415 2022-09-12T10:58:27.498944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 65292 65123 2024-10-11T11:23:25.445526 2023-09-12T04:36:26.178907 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 64241 2021-01-04T04:02:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25802 2021-01-04T04:02:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22120 2024-10-11T11:23:32.183474 application/rdf+xml 8178 2024-10-11T11:23:26.407548 image/jpeg 1576 2024-10-11T11:23:26.366544 image/jpeg 181854 2024-10-11T11:23:26.074550 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia