Eliot's Notes to "The Waste Land" // 1.76

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“You! hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!”

Eliot's Note:

76. V. Baudelaire, Preface to Fleurs du Mal.

Additional info:

From Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal:

You! Hypocrite reader!—my fellow,—my brother!


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