The Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary, and writer of philosophy-laden, and often, violent pornography. He was a philosopher of extreme freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion or law, with the pursuit of personal pleasure being the highest principle. There is perhaps no more infamous figure in all of literature.

The 120 Days of Sodom is an unfinished novel written in 1785 and published in 1904 after its manuscript was rediscovered. Described as both pornographic^] and erotic, its plot revolves around the activities of four wealthy, male libertines who, in the four months of one winter, attempt to seek out the ultimate sexual gratification through orgies, sealing themselves away in an inaccessible castle in the heart of the Black Forest in Germany with a harem of thirty-six victims, mostly male and female teenagers.^[5] During this, they engage four female brothel keepers to tell the stories of their lives and adventures; the crimes and tortures in the women's narratives inspire the libertines to similarly abuse and torture their victims, which gradually intensifies, increases in violence, and ends in their slaughter.

The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade relates the story of four wealthy men who enslave 24 mostly teenaged victims and sexually torture them while listening to stories told by old prostitutes. The book was written while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille and the manuscript was lost during the storming of the Bastille. Sade wrote that he wept tears of blood over the manuscript's loss. Many consider this to be Sade crowing acheivment.

Set against the impending riptide of the French Revolution and composed while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, Aline and Valcour embodies the multiple themes that would become the hallmark of his far more sulfurous works.

This epistolary work combines genres, interweaving the adventure story with the libertine novel and the novel of feelings to create a compelling, unitary tale. Turbulence disrupts virtuous lives when corrupt schemers work incestuous designs upon them that don't stop with abduction and seduction -- as crime imposes tragic obstacles to love and delivers harsh threats to morality and religion.

Embedded within Aline and Valcour are sojourns in unknown lands in Africa and the South Seas: Butua, a cannibalistic dystopia, and Tamo , a utopian paradise headed by a philosopher-king. In Butua, a lustful chief and callous priesthood rule over a doomed people, with atrocious crimes committed in broad daylight, while in Tamo happiness and prosperity reign amidst benevolent anarchy.

Although not sexually explicit, Aline and Valcour shared the fate of Sade's other novels -- banned in 1815 and later classified a prohibited work by the French government. Published clandestinely, it did not appear in bookstores until after WWII. Continuously in print in France ever since, today it occupies the first volume of the Pl iade edition of the author's collected works.

This is the very first rendering of the book into English since its publication in 1795.

Set against the impending riptide of the French Revolution and composed while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, Aline and Valcour embodies the multiple themes that would become the hallmark of his far more sulfurous works.

This epistolary work combines genres, interweaving the adventure story with the libertine novel and the novel of feelings to create a compelling, unitary tale. Turbulence disrupts virtuous lives when corrupt schemers work incestuous designs upon them that don't stop with abduction and seduction -- as crime imposes tragic obstacles to love and delivers harsh threats to morality and religion.

Embedded within Aline and Valcour are sojourns in unknown lands in Africa and the South Seas: Butua, a cannibalistic dystopia, and Tamo , a utopian paradise headed by a philosopher-king. In Butua, a lustful chief and callous priesthood rule over a doomed people, with atrocious crimes committed in broad daylight, while in Tamo happiness and prosperity reign amidst benevolent anarchy.

Although not sexually explicit, Aline and Valcour shared the fate of Sade's other novels -- banned in 1815 and later classified a prohibited work by the French government. Published clandestinely, it did not appear in bookstores until after WWII. Continuously in print in France ever since, today it occupies the first volume of the Pl iade edition of the author's collected works.

This is the very first rendering of the book into English since its publication in 1795.

Set against the impending riptide of the French Revolution and composed while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, Aline and Valcour embodies the multiple themes that would become the hallmark of his far more sulfurous works.

This epistolary work combines genres, interweaving the adventure story with the libertine novel and the novel of feelings to create a compelling, unitary tale. Turbulence disrupts virtuous lives when corrupt schemers work incestuous designs upon them that don't stop with abduction and seduction -- as crime imposes tragic obstacles to love and delivers harsh threats to morality and religion.

Embedded within Aline and Valcour are sojourns in unknown lands in Africa and the South Seas: Butua, a cannibalistic dystopia, and Tamo , a utopian paradise headed by a philosopher-king. In Butua, a lustful chief and callous priesthood rule over a doomed people, with atrocious crimes committed in broad daylight, while in Tamo happiness and prosperity reign amidst benevolent anarchy.

Although not sexually explicit, Aline and Valcour shared the fate of Sade's other novels -- banned in 1815 and later classified a prohibited work by the French government. Published clandestinely, it did not appear in bookstores until after WWII. Continuously in print in France ever since, today it occupies the first volume of the Pl iade edition of the author's collected works.

This is the very first rendering of the book into English since its publication in 1795.

This rich, titillating translation of the famous French novel Crimes of Passion loses none of its original flavor. The Marquis de Sade's tales are ripe with seduction, passion, and ultimate tragedy as his characters quest for love but find only its crimes. Sade not only grips the reader with his tales of sex, murder, and intrigue but also confronts them with his own views about society and human nature. This concise volume is a great introduction to the Marquis de Sade's ambitious oeuvre. The Marquis de Sade is the most infamous writer of French literature due to his lascivious tales ahead of their times in themes, descriptions, and ideas. Some have hailed him as the freest spirit as there is no boundary he will not transgress with his essays, tales, and fictions. Born in Paris and raised in Avignon, the Marquis de Sade's literature was rife with sex, as was his own life. At one point he was declared a mortal threat to prostitutes and charged with murder. He escaped to Italy, but was later incarcerated in the famous Bastille prison in Paris. It was there he wrote most of his works, including plays, essays, and novels.

The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade relates the story of four wealthy men who enslave 24 mostly teenaged victims and sexually torture them while listening to stories told by old prostitutes. The book was written while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille and the manuscript was lost during the storming of the Bastille. Sade wrote that he wept tears of blood over the manuscript's loss. Many consider this to be Sade crowing acheivment.

L'Histoire de Juliette, ou Les prosp rit s du vice forme une sorte de suite Justine ou Les malheurs de la vertu et conte l'histoire de Juliette, la soeur et le contraire exacte de Justine. Alors que, dans les Malheurs de la vertu, Justine n'obtient, pour tout prix de sa vertu, que des injustices et des s vices r p t s, Juliette est au contraire une nymphomane amorale dont les entreprises lui valent le succ s et le bonheur. De m me que la plume et l'imagination morbide de Sade se sont affermies dans ce second volume, de m me ses d veloppements anarchistes et philosophiques ont gagn en profondeur et en subtilit . Ce qui ne semble avoir t qu'un jeu intellectuel dans Justine devient une forme de militantisme sophistiqu dans Juliette. Ce deuxi me tome pr sente les trois derni res parties de ce texte.

Perfectionne ta physique, et tu comprendras mieux la nature; pure ta raison, bannis tes pr jug s, et tu n'auras plus besoin de ton dieu.

When numerous critics have all pointed to the stunning mastery of dialogue evinced in Sade's] novels, to say nothing of the truly theatrical disposition of many of the scenes-erotic or otherwise-this would seem to be linked to the theatrical obsession that persisted so disturbingly throughout his tempestuous existence. Shouldn't we therefore look more closely at this theatre...? Annie Le Brun In commemoration of the two hundred years that have passed since the death of the Marquis de Sade in 1814, the three-volume series, Rape, Incest, Murder The Marquis de Sade on Stage, offers English translations of all of Sade's writings, for and about the theatre, with introductions that contextualize Sade's work within the theatrical climate of eighteenth-century France. Volume 2 presents Sade's plays written in prison during the years that preceded and immediately followed the fall of the Bastille in 1789. The revolutionary spirit of the time inspired Sade to pen his only tragedy, a music drama, and a comedy anticipating the Romantics, calling for a relaxation of the classical rules. The violence and eroticism of Sade's infamous novels are present in the plays, though in a lower dosage, obviously to render them accessible to public performance rather than private reading. I]t is at the theatre rather than somewhere else that we must revive the almost extinguished flame of the love that every Frenchman owes his country; there is where he'll be convinced of the dangers that would exist for him should he fall back into the hands of tyranny. He'll carry home the enthusiasm and teach it to his family and its effects will be so much more durable, so much more passionate than the momentary inspirations of a newspaper article or proclamation because at the theatre, he learns the lesson by example, and he remembers it. The Marquis de Sade

The 120 Days of Sodom is a 1785 novel by the French writer and nobleman Donatien Alphonse Fran ois. It is the story of four aristocratic male libertines who decide to seek out ultimate sexual gratification in the form of orgies. To this end, they seclude themselves in a remote castle in the heart of the Black Forest for four months, along with a harem of 46 victims-most of whom are young male and female teenagers. Donatien Alphonse Fran ois, Marquis de Sade (1740 -1814) was a French revolutionary politician, aristocrat, philosopher, and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. Other notable works by this author include: Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue; Juliette, and Philosophy in the Bedroom. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality, addition complete with the original text and artwork.

When the immoral libertine Monsieur de Franval marries and fathers a daughter, he decides to inculcate in her a sense of absolute freedom, an unconventional education that involves the two becoming secret lovers. But Franval's virtuous, God-fearing wife becomes suspicious and confronts him, setting off a tragic chain of events.

Part of Sade's The Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking tale - which was among the writings banned for publication until the twentieth century - tests the limits of morality and portrays the disastrous consequences of freedom and pleasure.

Cet ouvrage se pr sente comme une s rie de dialogues retra ant l' ducation rotique et sexuelle d'une jeune fille de 15 ans. Une libertine, Mme de Saint-Ange, veut initier Eug nie dans les plus secrets myst res de V nus . Elle est aid e en cela par son fr re (le chevalier de Mirvel), un ami de son fr re (Dolmanc ) et par son jardinier (Augustin).

When the immoral libertine Monsieur de Franval marries and fathers a daughter, he decides to inculcate in her a sense of absolute freedom, an unconventional education that involves the two becoming secret lovers. But Franval's virtuous, God-fearing wife becomes suspicious and confronts him, setting off a tragic chain of events. Part of Sade's The Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking tale - which was among the writings banned for publication until the twentieth century - tests the limits of morality and portrays the disastrous consequences of freedom and pleasure.

La Philosophie dans le boudoir ou Les Instituteurs immoraux est un ouvrage du marquis de Sade, publié en 1795. Le sous-titre en est Dialogues destinés à l'éducation des jeunes demoiselles. Résumé L'ouvrage se présente comme une série de dialogues retraçant l'éducation érotique et sexuelle d'une jeune fille de 15 ans. Une libertine, Mme de Saint-Ange, veut initier Eugénie de Mistival dans les plus secrets mystères de Vénus . Elle est aidée en cela par son frère (le chevalier de Mirvel), un ami de son frère (Dolmancé) et par son jardinier (Augustin). Étude de l'oeuvre Un enseignement en alternance Le livre n'est pas qu'une longue description de gestes et d'actions. Il est construit (surtout le troisième dialogue) sur l'alternance entre dissertation philosophique et application concrète des préceptes évoqués. La théorie alterne avec la pratique. Le titre du livre évoque déjà cette dualité puisque le boudoir est une petite salle disposée généralement entre la chambre et le salon, c'est-à-dire, entre la pièce consacrée aux ébats amoureux et la pièce consacrée à la conversation. La théorie Pornographie et philosophie ne se distinguent pas catégoriquement à l'ère des Lumières. [...] la critique sociale et politique [...] passe par le dévoilement de ses effets obscurs sur les corps et leur économie. Parler, écrire, mettre en scène le sexe et ses catégories, c'est parler de beaucoup plus que du sexe. Les désordres, les régulations des corps individuels engagent ou trahissent ceux du corps politique et social1. On comprend mieux alors qu'au-delà de la crudité du texte et de son thème libertin, on trouve un discours philosophique, presque appel aux armes, mettant de l'avant les idées du Marquis par rapport à la liberté, la religion, la monarchie, et les moeurs. Intitulé Français, encore un effort si vous voulez être républicains, l'appel public qui s'insère avant le cinquième dialogue présente les mêmes idées que celles qui figurent dans les onze opuscul

L'Histoire de Juliette, ou Les prosp rit s du vice forme une sorte de suite Justine ou Les malheurs de la vertu et conte l'histoire de Juliette, la soeur et le contraire exacte de Justine. Alors que, dans les Malheurs de la vertu, Justine n'obtient, pour tout prix de sa vertu, que des injustices et des s vices r p t s, Juliette est au contraire une nymphomane amorale dont les entreprises lui valent le succ s et le bonheur. De m me que la plume et l'imagination morbide de Sade se sont affermies dans ce second volume, de m me ses d veloppements anarchistes et philosophiques ont gagn en profondeur et en subtilit . Ce qui ne semble avoir t qu'un jeu intellectuel dans Justine devient une forme de militantisme sophistiqu dans Juliette. Ce premier tome d'une s rie de deux, pr sente les trois premi res parties de ce texte.

Marquis de Sade: Die Geschichte der Justine oder die Nachteile der Tugend Erstdruck: Paris 1791. Druck der ersten bersetzung von M. Isenbiel (= R. Fiedler), 2 Bde: Wien 1906. Originaltitel: Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu Vollst ndige Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Marquis de Sade: Die Geschichte der Justine oder die Nachteile der Tugend. Aus dem Franz sischen zum ersten Male bertragen von Dr. Martin Isenbiel, Privatdruck, 1906. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgabe wird in dieser Neuausgabe als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgef hrt. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Tim Tempelhofer nach einer Grafik aus dem 19. Jahrhundert von Aubrey Beardsley. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt.

Comment ne pas admirer que la délicieuse bonne humeur de ces récits, parfumés d'esprit provençal, ait pu fleurir dans le sombre décor de la Bastille ? Ici, en tout cas, le marquis de Sade, tout en demeurant fidèle à ses thèmes les plus inquiétants, prolonge, avec une souveraine aisance, la tradition des vieux conteurs français.

Les Infortunes de la vertu est un conte philosophique de Sade, écrit en 1787. L'ouvrage est écrit entre le 23 juin et le 8 juillet 1787, alors que Sade est emprisonné à la Bastille. Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu, publiée en 1791, est la seconde version de cette histoire, qui sera elle-même suivie d'une troisième version, La Nouvelle Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu, publiée en 1799. Le prénom de l'héroïne, Justine, est celui qui avait été donné à Catherine Trillet, domestique au château de La Coste en 1776. Le manuscrit des Infortunes de la vertu a été mis au jour en 1909 par Guillaume Apollinaire et a été publié pour la première fois en 1930.

Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue is a novel written by Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, a French writer and philosopher known for his provocative and controversial works. The novel was first published in 1791 and is considered one of de Sade's most famous and infamous writings. The story revolves around the eponymous character, Justine, who embodies the virtues of purity, innocence, and moral rectitude. Despite her virtuous nature, she faces a series of misfortunes, including sexual exploitation, violence, and degradation. The novel explores the contrast between Justine's unwavering commitment to morality and the corrupt and depraved world she encounters. Justine is a vivid and explicit narrative that challenges societal norms and questions the consequences of virtue in a world dominated by vice. It is a critique of the hypocrisy and cruelty of the society in which Justine lives and reflects de Sade's libertine philosophy. The novel is known for its explicit and controversial content, which includes themes of sexual sadism and violence. While Justine continues to generate debate and discussion, it also serves as a significant work in the history of literature, exploring the boundaries of morality and the darker aspects of human nature. Keywords: Marquis de Sade, Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue, virtue, morality, sexual exploitation, violence, depravity, libertine philosophy, controversial literature.