The Complete Verse

Les Fleurs du mal, Charles Baudelaire's masterpiece, takes pride of place in this new bilingual edition, with Francis Scarfe's elegant prose versions for support. All of Baudelaire's other collections, occasional and juvenile verse are included. Scarfe's introduction on the man, his circle, and poetry is an ideal entry-point for new readers.

Authoritative, bilingual edition of all Baudelaire's verse, including 'Les Fleurs du Mal'.

Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867) was born in Paris, France. His 'Les Fleurs du mal' (1857;The Flowers of Evil) was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century. Francis Scarfe (1911-1986) was a lecturer in French poetry at Glasgow University before and again after the Second World War.