Journaux intimes

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Journaux intimes

by Charles Baudelaire

FR·~1 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total
1

JOURNAUX INTIMES FUSÉES - MON COEUR MIS À NU

1:43
2

II

0:37
3

III

2:02
4

IV

0:44
5

V

0:36
6

VI

1:04
7

VII

0:58
8

VIII

1:44
9

IX

0:53
10

X

2:07

Description

A fever‑driven journal opens with stark, lyrical fragments that blur philosophy, poetry, and confession. The narrator challenges conventions, declaring love a form of willing barter and art as inevitable transgression, while probing the paradoxes of faith, power, and desire. Each entry reads like a private lecture, punctuated by paradoxical aphorisms that demand the listener’s attention.

The voice moves fluidly between the intimate and the intellectual, weaving vivid images of midnight streets, green shadows, and the restless hum of crowded cities. It explores how the self can dissolve into the collective, how numbers and numbers become a language of intoxication, and how the quest for truth teeters on the edge of provocation. Listeners will sense a restless energy that mirrors a mind refusing to settle.

Through a cascade of metaphors and unsettling questions, the diary invites reflection on the nature of pleasure, cruelty, and creativity. The tone is both confession and sermon, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse into an interior world that constantly interrogates the boundaries between reverence and rebellion.

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Language

fr

Duration

~1 hours (64K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-10-19

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

1821–1867

Best known for The Flowers of Evil, this French poet helped change the sound and subject of modern poetry by finding beauty, unease, and sharp urban detail in everyday life. He was also an influential art critic and a major translator of Edgar Allan Poe.

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