The Crimes of Love by Marquis De Sade
'Senneval, you see in me your sister, the girl you seduced at Nancy, the woman who murdered your son, the wife of your own father and the ignoble creature who sent your mother to the gallows...' Who but the Marquis de Sade would write, not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories; tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. Sade's villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love. Psychologically astute, and defiantly unconventional, these stories show Sade at his best. A skilled and artful storyteller, he is also an intellectual who asks questions about society, about ourselves, and about life, for which we have yet to find the answers. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels', Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art.
[An] excellent new edition.. A recommended introduction to the Sadean oeuvre for anyone genuinely interested in the ideas that won him enduring notoriety. Ruth Scurr, Times Literary Supplement
The Marquis de Sade was born in Paris in 1740 and served in the Seven Years War as a cavalry commander. Many stints of imprisonment followed his debauched lifestyle, during which he wrote much of his work. He was set free by the revolution and became a fervent revolutionary; however, the publication of works such asJustine and La Philosophy Dans La Boudoir led to his reincarceration, and in 1803 he was judged mad and sent to the Charenton institution, where he died in 1814.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192805072 |
| ISBN 10 | 019280507X |
| Title | The Crimes of Love |
| Author | Marquis De Sade |
| Series | Oxford World's Classics Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2005-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 388 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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