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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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Born 2 June 1740
Died 2 December 1814

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  • Cover of: Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue

    Cover of edition justineoulesmalh0000sade_d4p2 Cover of edition justineoulesmalh0000sade Cover of edition justinedesade0000unse Cover of edition lanouvellejustin0000sade Cover of edition justineoulesmalh0000unse Cover of edition zlokliucheniiado0000sade Cover of edition justine0000desa Cover of edition justinesade00sade Cover of edition justineormisfort0000unse First published in 1900 — 102 editions
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    Cover of edition 120daysofsodomor0000sade Cover of edition diehundertzwanzi00sade First published in 1953 — 35 editions
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  • Cover of: Correspondances du marquis deSade et de ses proches enrichies de documents, notes et commentaires

    First published in 1991 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres completes du Marquis de Sade.

    First published in 1986 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: La philosophie dans le boudoir: (les instituteurs immoraux)

    First published in 1795 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Les infortunes de la vertu

    First published in 1968 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: La Marquise de Gange

    First published in 1957 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Aline et Valcour

    First published in 1883 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1986 — 5 editions
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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: The Plays of the Marquis De Sade: The Wedding of the Century, the Marriage of the Arts, the Freak, Prefaces & Theatrical Essays (Plays of the Marquis de Sade)

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Born 2 June 1740
Died 2 December 1814

Subjects

Fiction, Translations into English, Fiction, erotica, general, French Erotic literature, Correspondence, French Authors, French Erotic stories, 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, Fiction, erotica, History and criticism, Romance literature, Social life and customs, Biography, Diaries, Erotic literature, Erotic stories, French fiction, French literature

Places

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, antiquity to mid-20th century

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February 22, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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