Letters of Charles Baudelaire to His Mother, 1833-1866 Eighteen Thirty-Three - Eighteen Sixty-Six

The inner torments of the poet, critic, and translator are revealed in his letters to his mother over the course of 33 years and ending just prior to his death at the age of 46._"The intimate and profoundly moving letters reveal the tragedy of a sensitive mind, reveal the heartbreaking bitterness and hope and struggle of a man unfitted to combat the implacabilities of life." THE INDEPENDENT