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The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics)
by Charles Baudelaire

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Author: Charles Baudelaire
Introduction: Jonathan Culler
Translator: James N McGowan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); Unknown (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-15
ISBN: 0199535582
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Book Review: A collection of poems evoking 19th century bohemiancity life
Summary: 5 Stars

Les Fleurs de Mal is a meditation of the problem of being moral in a new industrial society where the distinction between good and evil no longer seems to be a distinction that can be made. Some of the poems were banned when they were first composed but this collection restores them to their rightful place within the chapters. This is a pretty good translation of the poems although it does sacrifice some of the meaning of the lines in French in order to produce rhyme in English. Read this for a beautiful and striking evocation of bohemian life.

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