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Baudelaire, Charles

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  1. A nineteenth-century French poet whose verse is noted for its morbid beauty and its evocative language. His famed collection of poems is called Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil).

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“He tricked us,” said Jean-Marie Leconte, a retiree who invested about $260,000 in shares of letters by Baudelaire, Charles de Gaulle and others.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2020

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