The misfortunes of virtue, and other early tales / the Marquis de Sade ; translated and edited by David Coward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814.

Contributor:

Coward, David.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erotic stories, French--Translations into English.

Erotic stories, French.

Sadism in literature.

Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814--Translations into English.

Sade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxix]).

ISBN:

0-19-159371-0

OCLC:

714569729