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La Fanfarlo is a work by French poet Charles Baudelaire first published in January 1847. It is notable for being the only prose work that he wrote. The novella describes a fictionalised account of the writer’s love affair with a dancer Jeanne Duval.Irish literary critic Enid Starkie known for her biographical works on French poets said about La Fanfarlo:This work marked the last bust of energy in Baudelaire for a long time and his zest for work faded as suddenly as it had begun.