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Author | : Marquis de Sade |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1999-07-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0191605883 |
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The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak. Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for many, Sade is the Great Libertarian. The Victorians considered him `Divine' and Apollinaire called him `the freest spirit'; the Surrealists recognised him as a founding father, and he is a key figure in the history of modernism and post-modernism. With Freud and Marx, Sade has been one of the crucial shaping influences on this century, and reactions to him continue to be extreme. But he has always been more talked about than read. This selection of his early writings, some making their first appearance in this new translation, reveals the full range of Sade's sobering moods and considerable talents. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author | : Marquis de Sade |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1999-07 |
Genre | : Erotic stories, French |
ISBN | : 0192836951 |
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Revered by Enlightenment and Victorian thinkers, de Sade was recognized as a founding father by the Surrealists, and holds a prominent place in the history of modernism and post-modernism. This selection of his early writings, some appearing in English translation for the first time, revealsthe full range of his sobering moods and considerable talents.
Author | : Marquis de Sade |
Publisher | : Arrow |
Total Pages | : 1216 |
Release | : 2007-06-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780099517672 |
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Author | : The Marquis de Sade |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2021-10-08 |
Genre | : French literature |
ISBN | : 0198848285 |
Download The Marquise de Gange Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'It is time to die, Madame: there shall be no mercy for you..!' It was one of the most shocking crimes of the seventeenth century, and would provide Sade with the inspiration for the last novel he published. The beautiful and virtuous Euphrasie, admired by the King himself, falls in love with the young and handsome Alphonse, Marquis de Gange. Within the forbidding walls of his castle in Provence, however, sinister forces are conspiring against the young couple. Alphonse's brothers, the Abbé and the Chevalier, want Euphrasie for themselves. Published in English for the first time, The Marquise de Gange is a neglected Gothic classic by one of the most notorious authors in the literary canon. Although a departure from his earlier pornographic and libertine works, beneath the novel's thin veneer of respectability lurks the same subversive presence of an author plotting against virtue in distress.
Author | : Emile Zola |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2012-09-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0486114805 |
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French realism's immortal siren crawled from the gutter to the heights of society, devouring men and squandering fortunes along the way. Zola's 1880s classic is among the first modern novels.
Author | : Marquis de Sade |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2013-02-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1625585985 |
Download 120 Days of Sodom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 acheivement.
Author | : Marquis De Sade |
Publisher | : Start Classics |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-05-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Justine was an early work of the Marquis de Sade written while imprisoned in the Bastille. It contains relatively little of the obscenity which characterized his later writing. Napoleon Bonaparte called Justine "the most abominable book ever engendered by the most depraved imagination." Bonaparte ordered the arrest of Sade who as a result was incarcerated for the last 13 years of his life.
Author | : Thomas More |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2023-12-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
Author | : Julian Barnes |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2011-10-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307957330 |
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BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
Author | : Marquis de Sade |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2006-10-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0143039016 |
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Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.