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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: Three by Marquis de Sade: Justine, the 120 Days of Sodom, Florville and Courval
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    First published in 2008 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Marquis de Sade: The 120 days of Sodom, and other writings

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lettres et mélanges littéraires écrits à Vincennes et à la Bastille

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Morceaux choisis de Donatien-Alphonse-François, marquis de Sade

    First published in 1948 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La Marquise de Gange: Roman

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Les infortunes de la vertu

    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Œuvres complètes du marquis de Sade

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dialogue entre un prêtre et un moribond: suivi d'une Pensée

    First published in 1953 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Histoire de Juliette: ou, Les prospérités du vice

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Opus sadicum: a philosophical romance

    First published in 1889 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Zoloé, et ses deux acolytes: ou, Quelques décades de la vie de trois jolies femmes

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Léonore et Clémentine; ou, Les Tartufes de l'Inquisition

    First published in 1930 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Delle Disgrazie Della Virtù

    First published in 2021 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Les Infortunes de la vertu ; suivi de La Marquise de Gange

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sade et ses femmes: correspondance et journal

    First published in 2016 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: L'oeuvre du Marquis de Sade: pages choisies, comprenant une œuvre entière, des morceau inédits et des lettres publiées pour la première fois, tirées des Archives de la Comédie-Française

    First published in 1909 — 1 edition
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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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Fiction, Translations into English, Correspondence, Fiction, erotica, general, French Authors, French Erotic stories, French Erotic literature, Sex customs, Fiction, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author), Atheism, France, fiction, Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814, Criticism and interpretation, Erotic stories, Fiction, erotica, History and criticism, Social life and customs, Biography, Diaries, French fiction, French literature, History, Literary collections

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France, Czech Republic, Italy, Literatura Francesa, Paris, Toledo

People

Sade marquis de (1740-1814), Sade marquise de (1741-1810), Anne-Prospère de Launay, Aylmer, Father Time, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715-1794), Georgiana, Isabella Queen, consort of Charles VI, King of France (1370-1435), Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793), Marie-Dorothée de Rousset, Peter Weiss (1916-1982), Sade, Sade family

Time

18th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, 19th century, 1785-1815, antiquity to mid-20th century

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