About “La Fanfarlo”

La Fanfarlo is a novella by French poet Charles Baudelaire, first published in January 1847. The work is a fictionalised account of Baudelaire’s love affair with a dancer named Jeanne Duval. It reflects his personal experiences and emotions during this relationship, presenting a lyrical and emotional narrative. The story is based on real events but presented in a literary form, blending reality with imagination. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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1986 · ISBN 088739003X

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