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

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Old Mountebank is an old man, who stays in a ragged hut on the outskirts the fair. He has nothing to sell, and his condition causes Baudelaire to pity and feel embarrassed for him all at the same time.

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Paris Spleen, 1869