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Which novella by Charles Baudelaire features the antihero Samuel Cramer?
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French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire, photograph by Étienne Carjat, 1863.
The novella by Charles Baudelaire that features the antihero Samuel Cramer is titled La Fanfarlo. Published in January 1847, the work is often interpreted as a self-portrait of the author, depicting Cramer as he struggles between his attraction to the respectable Madame de Cosmelly and the erotic actress-dancer who serves as the title character.1