Poems in Prose by Charles Baudelaire. Translated by Arthur Symons

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was born on April 9 1821 in Paris to an amateur artist mother and professional father. His father died when Charles was 6 but his mother remarried shortly after to Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Aupick who later became a prominent ambassador.

Consequently, the young Charles received a good education and was encouraged to enter the legal profession by both parents. He instead wanted to pursue the life of the writer. To complement this bohemian choice, he had already dev...