Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaires "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a month of its publication the French authorities brought an action against the author and the books publisher claiming that the work was an insult to public decency. Eventually the French courts would acknowledge the literary merit of Baudelaires work but ordered that six poems in particular should be banned from subsequent publication. The notoriety caused by this scandal would ultimately work in the authors favor causing the initial publication to sell out, thus prompting the publication of another edition. The second edition was published in 1861, it included an additional thirtyfive poems, with the exclusion of the six poems censored by the French government. Finally in 1868 a third edition was published posthumously.

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