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The dandy poet mingles with the Parisians who have taken up arms to chase Louis-Philippe from the throne. He takes the opportunity to call for the murder of his stepfather.
Frédéric Lewino et Gwendoline Dos Santos
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Poet, drug addict, dandy, lover of prostitutes, syphilitic, Baudelaire is all of these, and much worse. In February 1848, he even believed himself to be a revolutionary, going so far as to mix with the Parisians to demand the departure of Louis-Philippe. On February 24, you have to see him, a red tie tied around his neck, running through the streets, excited by the revolutionary effervescence. He was then 26 years old. Rue de Buci, he participates with the populace in the looting of an armory. A friend saw him: “He was carrying a beautiful, shiny, blank double-barrelled rifle, and a superb yellow leather bandolier just as immaculate. »
To tell the truth, the poet does not care about the Republic, this riot is, for him, a marvelous occasion to spit his hatred of the creditors, the bailiffs and all those who prevent him from v…