«The Flowers of Evil» in French with a Parallel Translation
Original title:
Les Fleurs du Mal
Language:
French
Difficulty:
C2
Year:
1857
Number of pages:
99
The Flowers of Evil was penned in 1861 and has become an unmissable aspect of France's cultural memory. It is a collection of poems by Charles Baudelaire, a poet who made a huge contribution to the development of decadence and symbolism. Many poets were inspired by his work later. A lot of lines from the poems in this collection were taken as quotes, which you can often hear nowadays.
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