Little Poems in Prose


Read by Ben Tucker

Noted macabre poet Charles Baudelaire later in life wrote this collection of brief sketches, what he deemed "little poems in prose". He thus employs his rich, romanticist skills in service of creating dream-like passages of ethereal beauty and dark turns of fate. His words may be both kind and cruel in turns but is always entrancing. Also included is an extensive biography of Baudelaire by James Huneker. (Summary by Ben Tucker) (1 hr 57 min)

Chapters

Charles Baudelaire by James Huneker 57:20 Read by Ben Tucker
The Stranger 1:05 Read by Ben Tucker
Every Man His Chimæra 2:22 Read by Ben Tucker
Venus and the Fool 2:03 Read by Ben Tucker
Intoxication 1:25 Read by Ben Tucker
The Gifts of the Moon 2:36 Read by Ben Tucker
The Invitation to the Voyage 5:46 Read by Ben Tucker
What is Truth? 1:45 Read by Ben Tucker
Already! 3:08 Read by Ben Tucker
The Double Chamber 5:50 Read by Ben Tucker
At One O'Clock in the Morning 3:00 Read by Ben Tucker
The Confiteor of the Artist 2:10 Read by Ben Tucker
The Thyrsus 3:26 Read by Ben Tucker
The Marksman 1:34 Read by Ben Tucker
The Shooting-Range and the Cemetery 2:21 Read by Ben Tucker
The Desire to Paint 2:30 Read by Ben Tucker
The Glass-Vendor 5:53 Read by Ben Tucker
The Widows 6:31 Read by Ben Tucker
The Temptations; or, Eros, Plutus, and Glory 7:11 Read by Ben Tucker