About The Flowers of Evil – Les Fleurs du Mal : (Bilingual Edition – French and English) (French Edition):
“In this atrocious book, I put all my heart” – BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867)
Atrocious ? Indeed, you will discover all the perversion that lurks in “Les Fleurs du mal”, including in the 6 poems condemned and censored by the courts for offending public morality.
“Both deeply disturbing and deeply moving, a book that explores the dark side of human nature with brutal honesty.” – SYLVIA PLATH, poet and novelist.
Baudelaire is considered one of the greatest French poets of all time, famous for his rich, subversive, melodic poems that revolutionized poetry.
“It was Baudelaire who created modern poetry” – T.S. ELIOT, poet, essayist, editor, playwright, literary critic and editor.
This bilingual version has been carefully crafted to give you the most complete reading experience possible.
The 1861 edition has been chosen as the definitive edition.
Unlike the 1857 and 1868 editions (Baudelaire having died in 1867).
The translation is as direct as possible to preserve the flavor and emotions of Baudelaire’s words.
388 footnotes have also been added to explain you the context and meaning of the references used by Baudelaire.
! Please note that for technical reasons, the Kindle version does not display the translation side by side with the text, and the footnotes are all at the end !
The formatting has been carefully done for an optimal reading experience :
Each poem has a separate page.
The structure in stanzas and strophes is perfectly respected.
There is a complete and accurate table of contents.
Beware of other less scrupulous editions, which have not taken care of the formatting.
“This is a book that should be read over and over again. It is a book that will always reveal new things to the reader, a book that will always surprise and delight.” – JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, philosopher, playwright and novelist
You will discover Baudelaire’s poetry in a new light.
! Please note that for technical reasons, the Kindle version does not display the translation side by side with the text, and the footnotes are all at the end !
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Baudelaire is considered one of the greatest French poets of all time, famous for his rich, subversive, melodic poems that revolutionized poetry.
“It was Baudelaire who created modern poetry” – T.S. ELIOT, poet, essayist, editor, playwright, literary critic and editor.