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Who is The Fairy from Paris Spleen, 1869 and what is their importance? Le_Spleen_de_Paris English & Literature "The Fairy | Paris Spleen

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The Fairy appears in The Fairie's Gifts. She is present with a number of other fairies, who are gathered to hand out gifts to newborn children. When an infant is forgotten, his father catches the fairy and demands his gift. In her nervousness, the fairy calls forth the gift of "pleasing" for the boy. His father is not please.

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Paris Spleen, 1869