The Flowers of Evil thumb|upright|The first edition of Les Fleurs du mal with author's notes Baudelaire was a slow and very attentive worker. However, he often was sidetracked by indolence, emotional distress and illness, and it was not until 1857 that he published Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), his first and most famous volume of poems. Some of these poems had already appeared in the Revue des deux mondes (Review of Two Worlds) in 1855, when they were published by Baudelaire's friend Auguste Poulet-Malassis.Baudelaire, Charles. Les Fleurs du mal. Paris: Revue des Deux Mondes (XXVe année, seconde série de la nouvelle période, tome dixième), 1855. pp. 1079–1093. Some of the poems had appeared as "fugitive verse" in various French magazines during the previous decade.Huneker, James. Introductory preface to: The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire. New York: Brentano's, 1919. p. xvii.
The Flowers of Evil thumb|upright|The first edition of Les Fleurs du mal with author's notes Baudelaire was a slow and very attentive worker However he often was sidetracked by indolence emotional distress and illness and it was not until 1857 that he published Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) his first and most famous volume of poems Some of these poems had already appeared in the Revue des deux mondes (Review of Two Worlds) in 1855 when they were published by Baudelaire's friend Auguste Poulet-MalassisBaudelaire Charles Les Fleurs du mal Paris Revue des Deux Mondes (XXVe année seconde série de la nouvelle période tome dixième) 1855 pp 1079–1093 Some of the poems had appeared as "fugitive verse" in various French magazines during the previous decadeHuneker James Introductory preface to The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire New York Brentano's 1919 p xvii