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Flares and My Heart Laid Bare · French with an independent English translation.
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My Heart Laid Bare · Mon cœur mis à nu · XLVII
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p. 95Histoire de ma traduction d’Edgar Poe.
Histoire des Fleurs du Mal. Humiliation par le malentendu, et mon procès.
Histoire de mes rapports avec tous les hommes célèbres de ce temps.
Jolis portraits de quelques imbéciles :
Clément de Ris.
Castagnary.
Portraits de magistrats, de fonctionnaires, de directeurs de journaux, etc.
Portrait de l’artiste, en général.
Du rédacteur en chef et de la pionnerie. Immense goût de tout le peuple français pour la pionnerie et pour la dictature. C’est le Si j’étais roi !
Portraits et anecdotes.
François Buloz, — Houssaye, — le fameux Rouy, — de Calonne, — Charpentier, qui corrige ses auteurs, en vertu de l’égalité donnée à tous les hommes par les immortels principes de [17]89. — Chevalier, véritable rédacteur en chef selon l’Empire.
Intimate Journals: My Heart Laid Bare
p. 96History of my translation of Edgar Poe.
History of The Flowers of Evil. Humiliation through misunderstanding, and my trial.
History of my relations with all the famous men of the day.
Pretty portraits of a few imbeciles:
Clément de Ris.
Castagnary.
Portraits of magistrates, officials, newspaper directors, etc.
Portrait of the artist, in general.
On the editor in chief and schoolmastering. The whole French people’s immense taste for schoolmastering and dictatorship. It is the cry If I were king!
Portraits and anecdotes.
François Buloz,—Houssaye,—the famous Rouy,—de Calonne,—Charpentier, who corrects his authors, by virtue of the equality granted to all men by the immortal principles of [17]89.—Chevalier, a true editor in chief by the Empire’s standards.
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Charles Baudelaire’s private fragments turn from art, love, and crowds to prayer, anger, work, and the discipline of writing. This complete bilingual edition presents all 117 sections of Flares and My Heart Laid Bare, including Hygiène, with an introduction and 104 explanatory notes.
Historical Text and Translation
The French follows Adolphe van Bever’s 1920 edition of Journaux intimes, printed pages 3–42 and 45–112. Its 117 Roman-numbered sections contain the complete Fusées and Mon cœur mis à nu, including Hygiène. These fragments were arranged after Baudelaire’s death; their printed sequence preserves that edition’s organization of loose sheets. The separate selection of maxims on love and the editor’s backmatter are outside this volume.
About Diotimos Editions
Diotimos Editions prepared this independent English translation directly from the French. Flares and My Heart Laid Bare retain the fragments’ abrupt turns, repetitions, images, and unfinished projects. French and English paragraphs remain paired, with verse, italics, and printed annotations preserved. The introduction places the notebooks in context; translator’s notes clarify references, ambiguities, and uncertain readings. All 104 notes meet the reader’s Essential criterion and remain available beside their passages.
Rights
Baudelaire’s historical French text and the 1920 printing are in the public domain in the United States. The independent English translation, introduction, and new editorial notes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions. The linked facsimile and catalogue identify the printed source, while a historical transcription supplies a comparison witness. Original annotations retain their attribution, and source references distinguish the printed arrangement from the surviving manuscript sheets.