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Paris Spleen and Wine and Hashish by Charles Baudelaire

mattshervheim's review

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4.0

I’d feel more confident celebrating this if Baudelaire wasn’t so clearly sexist, but even acknowledging the misogyny, I found a great deal to appreciate here, far more than I expected. And “Wine and Hashish” is a tremendous little essay — easily some of the best prose about alcohol I’ve read.
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