The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du mal
"The Flowers of Evil" is a collection of poems that explore themes of decadence and eroticism, and the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrializing Paris during the 19th century. The work is renowned for its exploration of the paradoxes of pleasure and pain, the exotic and the commonplace, and the boundaries of morality and aesthetics. The poems challenge traditional notions of good and evil, suggesting that beauty can be found in unexpected and even disturbing places.
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- Published
- 1857
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 100-200
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- As Flores Do Mal
- Det Ondas Blommor
- I Fiori Del Male
- Las Flores Del Mal
- Las flores del mal
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- 4th on The 25 Favorite Books of 100 Francophone Writers (Telerama)
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- 31st on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 36th on The Books That Built The French (TNS-Sofres/SNCF–Lire)
- 75th on 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- 86th on The 100 Most Important Translations (Notos Magazine (Turkey))
- 246th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- Classics Revisited (Kenneth Rexroth)
- Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books - Honourable Mention (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- National Book Award for Translated Literature (1967-1983) (National Book Award)
- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)