![]() ![]() You may choose to read this analysis of Les Fleurs du Mal here or listen to it on the audio file at the end of the article. The springs, the summers, and the autumns slowly pass And when old Winter puts his blank face to the glass, I shall close all my shutters, pull the curtains tight, And build me stately palaces by candlelight. But get drunk. To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Baudelaire on April 9, we are rerunning Nick Hammond’s piece on him from last December. So as not to feel Time's horrible burden that breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without ceasing.īut what with? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose. ![]() ![]() Although Baudelaire considered publishing Les Fleurs du mal with the large printing house of Michel Lvy, which published his translations of Poe, he chose the smaller press of Poulet-Malassis out of a concern for quality. That's all that matters that's our one imperative need. In June of 1857 the first edition of Les Fleurs du mal was published by the fine letter press of Auguste Poulet-Malassis. ![]()
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