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Two editions of Fleurs du mal were published in Baudelaire's lifetime — one in 1857 and an expanded edition in 1861. "Scraps" and censored poems were collected in Les Épaves in 1866. After Baudelaire died the following year, a "definitive" edition appeared in 1868.
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Fleurs du mal / Flowers of Evil1861 EditionThe first edition of Les Fleurs du mal had sold out within a year of its publication, thanks in part to the succès de scandale created by the government's obscenity trial against the book. Anxious to keep his poems in print, Baudelaire agitated for several years for another edition to be published. In addition, he composed new poems to add to the collection, including several works such as "Le Cygne" and "Le Voyage" which are today regarded as masterpieces. The second edition of Les Fleurs du mal entered the bookshops of Paris in the first week of February, 1861. Readers spent three francs to purchase the new edition, of which fifteen hundred copies had been printed (plus a few hors commerce on fine paper). This edition, now considered definitive, lacked the six poems censored by the French government but contained a new subdivision ("Tableaux parisiens"), thirty-five new poems, and a portrait of the author by Félix Bracquemond. Poems added to the second edition are indicated below by red guillemets like this ». Table of Contents» DédicaceDedication» Au LecteurTo the ReaderSpleen et idéal / Spleen and Ideal» BénédictionBenediction» L'AlbatrosThe Albatross» ÉlévationElevation» CorrespondancesCorrespondences» J'aime le souvenir de ces époques nuesI love the memory of those naked epochs...» Les PharesThe Beacons» La Muse maladeThe Sick Muse» La Muse vénaleThe Venal Muse» Le Mauvais MoineThe Bad Monk» L'EnnemiThe Enemy» Le GuignonBad Luck» La Vie antérieurePast Life» Bohémiens en voyageTraveling Gypsies» L'Homme et la merMan and the Sea» Don Juan aux enfersDon Juan in Hell» Châtiment de l'orgeuilPunishment of Pride» La BeautéBeauty» L'IdéalThe Ideal» La GéanteThe Giantess» Le MasqueThe Mask» Hymne à la BeautéHymn to Beauty» Parfum exotiqueExotic Perfume» La ChevelureHair» Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturneI adore you as much as the nocturnal vault...» Tu mettrais l'univers entier dans ta ruelleYou would take the entire world to bed with you...» Sed non satiataNever Satisfied» Avec ses vêtements ondoyants et nacrésWith her pearly undulating dresses...» Le Serpent qui danseThe Dancing Serpent» Une CharogneA Carcass» De profundis clamaviFrom the Depths I Cried» Le VampireThe Vampire» Une nuit que j'étais près d'une affreuse JuiveOne night when I lay beside a frightful Jewess...» Remords posthumePosthumous Remorse» Le ChatThe cat» DuellumThe Duel» Le BalconThe Balcony» Le PossédéThe Possessed» Un FantômeA Phantom» Je te donne ces vers afin que si mon nomI give you these verses so if my name...» Semper eademAlways the Same» Tout entièreAll Together» Que diras-tu ce soir, pauvre âme solitaireWhat will you say tonight, poor solitary soul...» Le Flambeau vivantThe Living Torch» RéversibilitéReversibility» ConfessionConfession» L'Aube spirituelleSpiritual Dawn» Harmonie du soirEvening Harmony» Le FlaconThe Perfume Flask» Le PoisonPoison» Ciel brouilléCloudy Sky» Le ChatThe Cat» Le Beau navireThe Beautiful Ship» L'Invitation au voyageInvitation to the Voyage» L'IrréparableThe Irreparable» CauserieConversation» Chant d'automneAutumn Song» À une MadoneTo a Madonna» Chanson d'après-midiAfternoon Song» SisinaSisina» Franciscae meae laudesIn Praise of My Frances» À une dame créoleTo a Creole Lady» Moesta et errabundaGrieving and Wandering» Le RevenantThe Ghost» Sonnet d'automneAutumn Sonnet» Tristesses de la luneSorrows of the Moon» Les ChatsThe Cats» Les HibouxThe Owls» La PipeThe Pipe» La MusiqueMusic» SépultureSepulchre» Une Gravure fantastiqueA Fantastic Engraving» Le Mort joyeuxThe Grateful Dead» Le Tonneau de la haineThe Cask of Hatred» La Cloche fêléeThe Broken Bell» Spleen (Pluviôse irrité)Spleen (Pluvius, irritated...)» Spleen (J'ai plus de souvenirs)Spleen (I have more memories...)» Spleen (Je suis comme le roi)Spleen (I'm like the king...)» Spleen (Quand le ciel bas et lourd)Spleen (When the sky low and heavy...)» ObsessionObsession» Le Goût du néantThe Taste for Nothingness» Alchimie de la douleurThe Alchemy of Grief» Horreur sympathiqueSympathetic Horror» L'HéautontimouroménosThe Self-Tormenter» L'IrremédiableThe Irremediable» L'HorlogeThe ClockTableaux Parisiens / Parisian Scenes» PaysageLandscape» Le SoleilThe Sun» À une mendiante rousseTo a Mendicant Redhead» Le CygneThe Swan» Les Sept VieillardsThe Seven Old Men» Les Petites VieillesThe Little Old Ladies» Les AveuglesThe Blind» À une passanteTo a Passerby» Le Squelette laboureurThe Hard-Working Skeleton» Le Crépuscule du soirEvening Crepuscule» Le JeuGambling» Danse macabreDanse Macabre» L'Amour du mensongeThe Love of Lies» Je n'ai pas oublié, voisine de la villeI have not forgotten, near the city...» La servante au grand coeur dont vous étiez jalouseThe kind-hearted servant of whom you were jealous...» Brumes et pluiesMists and Rains» Rêve parisienParisian Dream» Le Crépuscule du matinMorning CrepusculeLe Vin / Wine» L'Âme du vinThe Soul of Wine» Le Vin des chiffonniersThe Rag-Picker's Wine» Le Vin de l'assassinThe Murderer's Wine» Le Vin du solitaireThe Lonely Man's Wine» Le Vin des amantsThe Lovers' WineFleurs du mal / Flowers of Evil» La DestructionDestruction» Une MartyreA Martyr» Femmes damnées (Comme un bétail pensif)Women Doomed (Like pensive cattle...)» Les Deux Bonnes SoeursThe Two Good Sisters» La Fontaine du sangThe Fountain of Blood» AllégorieAllegory» La BéatriceBeatrice» Un Voyage à CythèreA Voyage to Cythera» L'Amour et le crâneLove and the SkullRévolte / Revolt» Le Reniement de saint PierreThe Denial of Saint Peter» Abel et CaïnAbel and Cain» Les Litanies de SatanThe Litanies of SatanLa Mort / Death» La Mort des amantsThe Death of Lovers» La Mort des pauvresThe Death of the Poor» La Mort des artistesThe Death of Artists» La Fin de la journéeEnd of the Day» Le Rêve d'un curieuxDream of a Curious Man» Le VoyageThe Voyage |

