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Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal” (The Flowers of Evil) Posted by Hichem on Jun 23, 2011

Unbeknownst to many French people, Charles Baudelaire has for long cultivated “un jardin secret” (“a secret garden.”) But make no mistake about it, ladies and gentlemen: That was by no means an ordinary garden… The “flowers” he grew in there were in fact so evil that they did not require the services of un jardinier (a…

Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) — Charles Baudelaire Posted by Hichem on Aug 26, 2010

Est-ce que vous l’avez remarqué? (Did you notice it?) Ici, au French Blog, nous aimons les fleurs (Here, in the French Blog, we like flowers), and that you can see mostly through les articles of Jennie, especially “Les Fleurs!” and “Les Tournesols.” Today, we invite you to discover (or re-discover) a classic of French poésie (poetry), extracted from “Les Fleurs du…