Project Gutenberg 2020-03-05 Public domain in the USA. 786 Baudelaire, Charles 1821 1867 Baudelaire-Dufaÿs, Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufays, Charles Pierre Apollinaire, Guillaume 1880 1918 Kostrowisky, Guillaume de De Kostrowisky, Guillaume Kostrowitzky, Wilhelm Apollinaris de Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, Wilhelm L'Oeuvre Poètique de Charles Baudelaire: Les Fleurs du Mal Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Bodleian Libraries.) "L'Oeuvre Poétique de Charles Baudelaire: Les Fleurs du Mal" by Charles Baudelaire is a celebrated collection of poetry written in the mid-19th century. Renowned for its exploration of beauty, decadence, and the complexities of modern life, the work delves into themes of love, loss, and existential angst, offering a profound reflection on the human experience. Baudelaire's unique poetic voice captures the tumultuous emotions and stark realities of his time, making him a pivotal figure in French literature. The opening of the collection features an introduction discussing the significance of expressing moral and social themes in literature, highlighting Baudelaire's influences from earlier writers such as Laclos and Poe. The text sets the stage for the poems to come by engaging with the concept of the struggle between beauty and decay, and the poet's role in depicting these themes with courage and honesty. This introduction lays a solid foundation for understanding the subsequent verses that delve into the intertwined nature of pleasure and pain, and the often grotesque juxtaposition of life's beauty against its darker elements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr French poetry -- 19th century PQ Text FR Poésie FR Nouveautés Category: Poetry Category: French Literature 583670 2025-06-24T11:20:14.523268 text/html 571929 2024-10-17T16:52:18 text/html 448997 2025-06-24T11:20:36.702129 application/epub+zip 449749 2025-06-24T11:20:21.041182 application/epub+zip 229674 2025-06-24T11:20:17.744194 application/epub+zip 660622 2025-06-24T11:20:43.081070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 654779 2025-06-24T11:20:31.267134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434767 2022-09-27T19:52:57.922408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299427 2025-06-24T11:20:12.244257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 279517 2024-10-17T16:52:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18392 2025-06-24T11:20:43.245071 application/rdf+xml 12061 2025-06-24T11:20:17.975212 image/jpeg 2296 2025-06-24T11:20:17.861191 image/jpeg 415491 2025-06-24T11:20:14.559204 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia