This book introduces the reader to the life and work of Verlaine and Rimbaud, who staged one of the most unusual experiments in the history of literature - the search for the “unknown” with the goal of becoming “sons of the Sun.” It contains curious, little-known biographical facts, confirmed by letters and writings of the poets themselves, as well as memoirs of their relatives and friends. A good work is the kind that tells mere mortals about the lives of famous people. Everything is presented calmly, without obscene language, although in detail: with the use of numerous evidence, and this cannot but rejoice.