The complete Marquis de Sade /
by Sade, marquis de.
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BookPublisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : London : Holloway House ; Turnaround [distributor], 2005Description: 2 v. (640 p.) ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780870679407 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 843.6 SADSubject(s): Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Translations into English | Erotic stories, French -- Translations into English | Classics | Fiction in Translation | Short Stories | Classic fiction | Erotic fiction | Fiction: general & literarySummary: Villified by critics in the 1800s, de Sade's honest depictions of human sexuality have only been fully appreciated in the 20th and 21st centuries. This colletion brings together classic stories such as 'Justine', '120 Days of Sodom' and 'Philosophy in the Bedroom'. Rare two-volume translation of Marquis de Sade's titillating and shocking writing. Adorned with gripping cover art and translated by renowned scholar Paul J. Gillette, this dramatic collection includes Justine, Juliette, 120 Days of Sodom and Philosophy in the Bedroom. No other edition captures so purely the drama of de Sade's forays into human sexuality. This author, who has now become as famous as his writing was considered shocking was a forbear of many theories and philosophies, all of which can be found within the pages of The Complete Marquis de Sade.
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Villified by critics in the 1800s, de Sade's honest depictions of human sexuality have only been fully appreciated in the 20th and 21st centuries. This colletion brings together classic stories such as 'Justine', '120 Days of Sodom' and 'Philosophy in the Bedroom'. Rare two-volume translation of Marquis de Sade's titillating and shocking writing. Adorned with gripping cover art and translated by renowned scholar Paul J. Gillette, this dramatic collection includes Justine, Juliette, 120 Days of Sodom and Philosophy in the Bedroom. No other edition captures so purely the drama of de Sade's forays into human sexuality. This author, who has now become as famous as his writing was considered shocking was a forbear of many theories and philosophies, all of which can be found within the pages of The Complete Marquis de Sade.
Translated from the French.
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