The Flowers of Evil
The Definitive English Language Edition
Verso Books · Print & ebook · January 7, 2025
A DUAL-LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE WORK THAT SCANDALIZED PARIS AND REINVENTED BEAUTY Probing the depths of the modern psyche in a voice at once caustic and vulnerable, melancholic and humorous, Baudelaire’s infamous book brings to the surface a new understanding of evil, of eroticism, and of social life through an astonishing variety of poetic forms and styles.
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- Who it’s for
- A classic collection with a sharp aftertaste, made for discussion and close reading.
- Genres
- French Poetry, French Literary Collections, Gothic Romance
- Published
- Verso Books, January 7, 2025
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A DUAL-LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE WORK THAT SCANDALIZED PARIS AND REINVENTED BEAUTY Probing the depths of the modern psyche in a voice at once caustic and vulnerable, melancholic and humorous, Baudelaire’s infamous book brings to the surface a new understanding of evil, of eroticism, and of social life through an astonishing variety of poetic forms and styles.
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This edition adds the poems banned from the original 1857 publication to the expanded collection of 1861 and includes an introduction from the translator, acclaimed poetry scholar Nathan Brown.
Sharp Aftertaste
A classic collection with a sharp aftertaste, made for discussion and close reading.
Come here for
- playful, discussable edge
- classroom-ready literary heft
Expect
- lyric intensity
- a serious classroom companion
Where it sits
| French Poetry | 99% |
|---|---|
| French Literary Collections | 33% |
| Gothic Romance | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- French Poetry
- Place Poetry
- Political & Protest Poetry
- Authors
- Charles Baudelaire, Nathan Brown
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Published
- January 7, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- French Poetry