# Les Chants de Maldoror

By comte de Lautréamont.

"Les Chants de Maldoror" by comte de Lautréamont is a poetic novel written and published between 1868 and 1869. The work follows Maldoror, a figure of evil who has rejected conventional morality and humanity itself. Through six cantos of surreal, violent episodes, the narrative explores themes of misanthropy, blasphemy, and the grotesque, often praising animals for their inhumanity. Obscure upon release, it later became a cornerstone of Surrealist literature, influencing artists like Dalí and Breton with its transgressive vision. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Subjects: Metamorphosis -- Religious aspects -- Poetry; Fantasy poetry, French

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Chants de Maldoror](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/1745) by Comte de Lautréamont (9 h 57 min, French)

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