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.

• 1857 Fleurs du mal
  First edition with 100 poems
• 1861 Fleurs du mal
  Second edition missing censored poems but including new ones
• 1866 Les Épaves
  Twenty-three "scraps" including the poems censored from the first edition
• 1868 Fleurs du mal
  Definitive edition published after Baudelaire's death
• All Poems (Alphabetical)
  Every poem from each edition
• Audio
  Readings of Baudelaire mostly in French

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External Links

• Horizon Noir
  French resource
• Baudelaire Microhistory
  The life of Baudelaire day by day
• W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire studies
  Extensive resource
• 31 Translations of Spleen
  by Nicholas Moore
• Fleurs du mal
  Translated by Cat Nilan
• Le Balcon
  Translated into English by 20 different translators
• Mag4.net
  Excellent Arthur Rimbaud site, in French

Fleurs du mal / Flowers of Evil

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