The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings
by Marquis De Sade
Book Summary Information
Author: Marquis De SadeEditor: Richard Seaver
Editor: Austryn Wainhouse
Edition: Paperback
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-10
ISBN: 0802130127
Number of pages: 799
Publisher: Grove Press
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- ISBN13: 9780802130129
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: The Divine Marquis...
Summary: 4 Stars
One thing I've always told my students is this: *never* read the Marquis de Sade. Regardless of how "shock-proof" you may *think* you are, you are not too numb to suffer the Marquis lightly (unless you've already read him, of course). His prose is concise, vicious, and (given that this particular book was never finished) *inventive*. He describes (albeit in a very aristocratic, philosophical fashion) his own "ethics", with special attention paid to the *virtues* of murder, rape, molestation. In a sense, his ethical system is similar to Kant's, albeit inverted. If you wish to pursue that line of reasoning, I would recommend David Martyn's "Kant and Sade". If you're *not*...don't.
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