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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: Ghosts of Sodom: The Charenton Journals, Notes and Letters

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  • Cover of: La Philosophie dans le boudoir

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  • Cover of: Yatak Odasinda Felsefe; Marquis de Sade

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  • Cover of: La Philosophie dans le boudoir ou Les Instituteurs immoraux

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  • Cover of: Lettres choisies du Marquis de Sade
    First published in 1963 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Romanlar Üzerine Düsünceler

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  • Cover of: Pronásledování a zavraždění Jeana Paula Marata předvedené divadením souborem blázince v Charentonu za Řízení Markýze de Sade a v provedení pražské divadelní společnosti Akanda pro diváky z řad pacientů a pracovníků psychiatrické léčebny bohnice: The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the Charenton Asylum under the direction of the Marquis de Sade as performed by the Prague-based theater company Akanda for the patients and staff of the Bohnice psychiatric hospital

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  • Cover of: Les infortunes de la vertu
    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Aline et Valcour, tome 2 ou le roman philosophique

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  • Cover of: Histoire secrète d'Isabelle de Bavière, reine de France

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  • Cover of: Oeuvres complètes du Marquis de Sade : Théâtre, tome 2

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  • Cover of: Francais, encore un effort: extrait de "La philosophie dans le boudoir" precede de l'inconvenance majeure.

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  • Cover of: Idees sur les romans, suivi de l'auteur des crimes de l'amour.

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  • Cover of: Adelaide of Brunswick
    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: The Gothic Tales of the Marquis De Sade
    First published in 1992 1 edition — 1 previewable

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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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