Brief Lives: Marquis de Sade |
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| Author:
| Carter, David |
| Series title: | Brief Lives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78094-015-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Hesperus Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $12.99USD $.99 |
Book Description:
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As explicit in his prose as he was in his private life, the Marquis de Sade remains one of the most controversial writers of all time. This new biography, by the acclaimed translator and author David Carter, promises to shock as much as it informs. Arrested many times for sexual misdemeanors, the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, where he was writing
120 Days of Sodom and
The Misfortunes of Virtue at the time that it was stormed in 1789. After the...
More Description As explicit in his prose as he was in his private life, the Marquis de Sade remains one of the most controversial writers of all time. This new biography, by the acclaimed translator and author David Carter, promises to shock as much as it informs. Arrested many times for sexual misdemeanors, the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, where he was writing 120 Days of Sodom and The Misfortunes of Virtue at the time that it was stormed in 1789. After the French Revolution he was again imprisoned and sent to an asylum, where he wrote diaries and plays. This concise biography offers a fresh look at a relentlessly compelling figure with a fascinating life of scandal and imprisonment.