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Marquis de Sade

Juliette

“An amazing sequence of imaginatively bizarre sexual adventures punctuated by philosophical and theological digression.” —Library Journal
“’Twas at Panthemont we were brought up, Justine and I, there that we received our education.”
Marquis de Sade’s 1797 masterpiece contrasts the erotic adventures of the title character, an amoral nymphomaniac murderer who is nevertheless successful and happy, with her sister Justine, a virtuous woman who encounters nothing but despair and abuse.
“The Marquis is a missionary. He has written a new religion. Juliette is one of the holy books.” —The New York Times Book Review
“It is not necessary to take the Marquis seriously as a philosopher of total freedom, as some do, in order to relish the imagination and talent that went into the gilding nuggets of naughtiness contained here.” —Playboy
1,693 printed pages
Original publication
2007
Publication year
2007
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Quotes

  • Dušanhas quoted2 years ago
    She who prizes her good reputation is subject to at least as many torments as she who behaves neglectfully of it: the first lives in unceasing dread of losing what is precious to her, the other trembles before the prospects opened up by her own carelessness.
  • Dušanhas quoted2 years ago
    is not at all times and everywhere the same, but rather almost always the
  • Dušanhas quoted2 years ago
    direct product of a given society’s manners and of a particular climate and geography

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