Title: The passionate philosopher : a Marquis de Sade reader /
Authors: Sade, 1740-1814; Crosland, Margaret, 1920-
Publisher: Peter Owen,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Sade, Translations into English.; Erotic literature, French Translations into English.
Abstract: For all his notoriety, the Marquis de Sade must head the list of writers who are more talked about than read. In this new, representative selection Margaret Crosland encourages us to take a fresh look at his work.
Contents: Dialogue entre un pretre et un moribund -- Les Cent vingt journees de Sodome -- Lettre XXIII, to Madame de Sade -- La Chatelaine de Longeville, ou La Femme Vengee -- Aline et Valcour, ou Le Roman philosophique -- La Nouvelle Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la vertu --L'Histoire de Juliette, ou Les Prosperites du vice -- La Philosophie dans le boudoir, ou Les Instituteurs Immoraux -- Histoire secrete d'Isabelle de Baviere -- Journal, 1814 -- Testament.