Title The misfortunes of virtue and other early tales / Marquis de Sade ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Coward

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xliv, 282 pages) Series Oxford world's classics Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of the Marquis de Sade; A Note on Money; The Misfortunes of Virtue; Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man; The Successful Ruse; The Pimp Well Served; The Windbags of Provence; An Inexplicable Affair Vouched for by an Entire Province; The Prude, or the Unexpected Encounter; Émilie de Tourville, or Brotherly Cruelty; Augustine de Villeblanche, or Love's Stratagem; The Law of Talion; The Self-Made Cuckold, or the Unexpected Reconciliation; The Husband Who Said Mass: A Provençal Tale The Lady of the Manor of Longeville, or a Woman's RevengeThe Confidence Men; Explanatory Notes Summary The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak. Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for ma Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page xxxix) Notes English Print version record Subject Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Translations into English SUBJECT Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 fast Subject Erotic stories, French -- Translations into English Sadism in literature. FICTION -- General. Erotic stories, French Manners and customs Sadism in literature SUBJECT France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Subject France Genre/Form Fiction Translations Form Electronic book Author Coward, David. ISBN 9780191593710 0191593710

Other Titles Works. Selections. English. 1999 Misfortunes of virtue

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