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Marquis de Sade
The Marquis de Sade narrates the escalating sex-crimes of four libertines who barricade themselves into a remote castle with both male and female victims and accomplices for a four-month, precipitous…
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This most joyous of de Sade's works follows three aristocrats as they indoctrinate Eugenie de Mistival in "the principles of the most outrageous libertinism."
First published in 1795, "Philosophy in…
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Jules Janin
Voila un nom que tout le monde sait et que personne ne prononce, la main tremble en l'ecrivant, et quand on le prononce, les oreilles vous tintent d'un son lugubre…
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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…
Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus…
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8 chilling short stories that straddle the line between horror and erotica, full of passion and intrigue, from legendary 18th century Parisian aristocrat, the Marquis de Sade
"Ghouls and fiends…
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Donald Thomas,Tony Thomas
Aristocrat Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) remains a man whose name is instantly recognized but whose life is obscure. For all his reputation for monstrous behavior, he was loved by women…
Amongst the most accessible of Sade’s fiction, the stories in this collection range from the dramatic novella ‘Eugenie de Franval’ to comic tales such as ‘The Husband Who Played Priest’.
Simone De Beauvoir
The Marquis de Sade is one of the most infamous men in all of history. His name, in fact, is where the word "sadism" is derived from. An infamous and…
Timo Airaksinen
Airaksinen provides a thorough theoretical reading of Sade, discussing the motivations of the typical Sadeian hero, addressing secondary sources such as Hobbes and Erasmus, and evaluating modern studies of Sade’s…
Neil Schaeffer
Against a magnificently embroidered backdrop of 18th-century France, Schaeffer shows us Sade’s incredible life of sexual appetite, adherence to Enlightenment principles, imprisonment, scandal, and above all inexhaustible imagination.
Marquis de Sade: Die Geschichte der Justine oder Die Nachteile der Tugend
Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch
Berliner Ausgabe, 2016, 4. Auflage
Vollstandiger, durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger
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The 120 Days of Sodom, also known as the School of Libertinism, is described by the author as the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world…
Courval has asked Florville to may him. Florville decides that before she can marry him she must confess all of her sins to him so that they will have no…
Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards…
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…
Marquis de Sade: Die Geschichte der Justine oder Die Nachteile der Tugend Lesefreundlicher Grossdruck in 16-pt-Schrift Grossformat, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von…
Marquis de Sade: Die Geschichte der Justine oder die Nachteile der Tugend Erstdruck: Paris 1791. Druck der ersten UEbersetzung von M. Isenbiel (= R. Fiedler), 2 Bde: Wien 1906. Originaltitel…
Marquis de Sade: Die Geschichte der Justine oder Die Nachteile der Tugend Erstdruck: Paris 1791. Druck der ersten UEbersetzung von M. Isenbiel (= R. Fiedler), 2 Bde: Wien 1906. Originaltitel…
Juliette oder die Vorteile des Lasters ist der 1796 vom Schriftsteller Marquis de Sade verfasste Folgeroman des Werks mit dem Titel Justine oder das Missgeschick der Tugend. Der Roman enthalt…
Les Infortunes de la vertu de Marquis de Sade. Marquis de Sade, ecrivain et philosophe francais (1740-1814).
‘Justine’ was the Marquis de Sade’s first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and…
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The Marquis de Sade, vilified by respectable society from his own time through ours, apotheosized by Apollinaire as the freest spirit tht has yet existed, wrote The 120 Days of…
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This volume contains Philosophy in the Bedroom, a major novel that presents the clearest summation of his political philosophy; Eugenie de Franval, a novella widely considered to be a masterpiece…
Justine, aged twelve sets off to make her way in France. The book follows her until age 26, in her quest for virtue. She is presented with sexual lessons, hidden…
"The 120 Days of Sodom" is a 1785 novel by the French writer and nobleman Donatien Alphonse Francois. It is the story of four aristocratic male libertines who decide to…
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…