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Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle. His works include novels, short stories, plays, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name, while others appeared anonymously and Sade denied being their author. He is best known for his erotic novels, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting bizarre sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, criminality, and blasphemy against the Catholic Church. He was a proponent of extreme freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion or law.

Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and in an insane asylum for about 32 years of his life; eleven years in Paris (10 of which were spent in the Bastille) a month in Conciergerie, two years in a fortress, a year in Madelonnettes, three years in Bicêtre, a year in Sainte-Pélagie, and 13 years in the Charenton asylum. Many of his works were written in prison. The term "sadism" is derived from his name.

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French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

Born 2 June 1740
Died 2 December 1814

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  • Cover of: Justine, ou, Les malheurs de la vertu

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  • Cover of: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings

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  • Cover of: The Bedroom Philosophers

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  • Cover of: The crimes of love: three novellas

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  • Cover of: Correspondances du marquis de Sade et de ses proches enrichies de documents, notes et commentaires

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  • Cover of: Aline et Valcour: ou, Le roman philosophique; écrit à la Bastille, un an avant la Révolution de France.

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  • Cover of: Oeuvres completes du Marquis de Sade.

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  • Cover of: Idée sur les romans
    First published in 1900 7 editions

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  • Cover of: La Marquise de Gange
    First published in 1957 7 editions

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  • Cover of: Justine Ou les Malheurs de la Vertu: édition De 1791

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  • Cover of: Les infortunes de la vertu
    First published in 1968 7 editions

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  • Cover of: Juliette
    First published in 1954 6 editions

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  • Cover of: Justine
    First published in 1964 6 editions

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  • Cover of: Cuentos, historietas y fábulas

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  • Cover of: Oeuvres complètes du Marquis de Sade.

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  • Cover of: The Marquis de Sade: the complete Justine, Philosophy in the bedroom, and other writings

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  • Cover of: Juliette
    First published in 1968 5 editions

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  • Cover of: Journey to Italy
    First published in 1967 5 editions

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  • Cover of: Mystified Magistrate: And Other Tales

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  • Cover of: The Plays of the Marquis De Sade: Tancrede, Fanny, the Antique Dealers, Love Makes the Misanthrope, Festival of Friendship (Plays of the Marquis de Sade)

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French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

Born 2 June 1740
Died 2 December 1814

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