Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 3800 Baudelaire, Charles 1821 1867 Baudelaire-Dufaÿs, Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufays, Charles Pierre Les Fleurs du Mal Reading ease score: 71.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Tonya Allen, Julie Barkley, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Les Fleurs du Mal" by Charles Baudelaire is a celebrated collection of poetry written during the mid-19th century. This work explores themes of beauty, decadence, and the duality of existence, featuring a variety of emotions that traverse the spectrum of human experience. Baudelaire delves into the complexities of love, melancholy, and moral ambiguity, crafting verses that reflect both personal and societal struggles. The opening of the collection includes a preface that provides context about Baudelaire's life and circumstances surrounding the publication of his work, which faced legal challenges upon its release in 1857 due to its provocative content. The reader is introduced to Baudelaire's turbulent existence, his artistic relationships, and the allure of the themes he grapples with—pain, beauty, and the search for meaning. Additionally, various characters and muses in his life, including his mistress Jeanne Duval, are hinted at, illustrating the deep intertwining of his personal experiences with his poetic expressions. As the book unfolds, it promises a rich exploration of the human condition through vivid imagery and profound reflections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French poetry -- 19th century PQ Text FR Poésie Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 202150 202062 2024-10-03T07:54:22.752128 2023-10-03T07:27:47.017208 text/html text/html 222457 2020-01-22T09:32:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 76245 2020-01-22T09:32:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 148705 2024-10-03T07:54:32.213075 application/epub+zip 149277 2024-10-03T07:54:25.848106 application/epub+zip 149277 2024-10-03T07:54:23.955116 application/epub+zip 347606 2024-10-03T07:54:36.904065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272949 2024-10-03T07:54:30.292097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249660 2022-09-03T10:21:29.386908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183780 183669 2024-10-03T07:54:21.199140 2023-10-03T07:27:45.826198 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 180199 2020-01-22T09:32:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 71851 2020-01-22T09:32:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20117 2024-10-03T07:54:37.040046 application/rdf+xml 12335 2024-10-03T07:54:24.529169 image/jpeg 3350 2024-10-03T07:54:24.236116 image/jpeg 142316 2024-10-03T07:54:22.772121 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia