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2 June 1740–2 December 1814
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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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In order; starting from December, ending in January. Editions and translations not accurate; aside from my native tongue I speak Spanish and French, everything else was read in translation. It is always hard to pick favorites, but I must attempt. For fiction:…
Four rich men get in a castle and molest children and women under the guide of four fantasy tellers pursuing greatest of pleasures. Besides what it tells about our dear elites it also illuminates our own modern realities, solitary in our digital castles getti…
Wretched creature that I was! Must happiness offer itself to me, only to penetrate me more deeply with the sorrow of never being able to seize hold of it! Must it, then, be so that no virtue could take root in my heart without preparing torments for me!