Neema-Elie Joseph
Ms.Kilburn
English 4
29 March 2016
Baudelaire was born in Paris to financially secure parents. Baudelaire grew very close to his mother. When Madame Baudelaire married Jacques Aupick in 1928, Baudelaire became deeply resentful. Initially he had dropped out of school, but as he grew older he increasingly neglected his studies in favor of a rebellious lifestyle. In 1841 the Aupicks sent him on a trip to India in hopes that his experiences abroad would reform him. During his travels he began writing poetry and composed the first poems that would be included in The Flowers of Evil. When Baudelaire returned to Paris in 1842, he received a large inheritance.
The poem The Flowers of Evil was published in 1857 shocked readers
Ms.Kilburn
English 4
29 March 2016
Baudelaire was born in Paris to financially secure parents. Baudelaire grew very close to his mother. When Madame Baudelaire married Jacques Aupick in 1928, Baudelaire became deeply resentful. Initially he had dropped out of school, but as he grew older he increasingly neglected his studies in favor of a rebellious lifestyle. In 1841 the Aupicks sent him on a trip to India in hopes that his experiences abroad would reform him. During his travels he began writing poetry and composed the first poems that would be included in The Flowers of Evil. When Baudelaire returned to Paris in 1842, he received a large inheritance.
The poem The Flowers of Evil was published in 1857 shocked readers