Juliette

What am I to do with myself after I finish reading something so good? Is there anything to compare with this or "the 120 days of sodom"?Everyone should read this. Everyone should be libertine. Everyone should engage in the lubricious. I am so enamored with the philosophy of sade... ahh, what a mind. Here is an example of what is truely crimanal, and that is to deny nature, whatever it's inclinations.Fantastic read! Please comment on this if there is something else I may read to compare with this work or I will be reading this over and over again untill I die. Yes, this book is that good. Thank You.

If you want to see what the basis for the word Sadism is all about, this is the place. Finally available on the net in its complete, unexpurgated evil entirety, with the translation improved by Austryn Wainhouse, as published by Grove Press in the mid 20th century. This is a cornerstone example of the extreme diversity that human imagination can produce, in this case advocating evil behavior in all aspects of life, and supporting its ethos with reams of "philosophy" mostly consisting of examples from remote cultures and convoluted reasoning which always reveals that evil is what Nature (not the nonexistent God) intended the enlightened individual to be, and that evil acts are the most laudable and most exciting to the passions, which are meant to be aroused by hurting others in every way possible. All this is of course interspersed with many, many scenes of physical cruelty and depravity, each more titillatingly disgusting than the last. Juliette is unlike anything else ever published, I think, in it's unrelenting conviction of the goodness of badness.

1,600 punishing pages devoted to disproving theology, worshing vice and exploring the deepest, darkest corners of the human experience. Plunge yourself into the hell of Sade. A philosophical, amoral tale of corruption, deprivatity, sex, hedonism, crime, hatred, blasphemy, sin and history. As if the man was possessed by demons to taint the hearts and minds of readers and drag them to hell."Abandonne tout espoir, toi qui entres ici."

Memoirs of a murderous female libertine, it explains Sade's philosophical viewpoints clearly. Wainhouse's translation is by far the best version in English.

Juliette is the counterpoint to one of Desade's other novels, Justine. Both are interesting, and mix smut with philosophy. I like them, but i recommend finding a sample to read to see if it's your kind of thing, first.

I've heard of his books forever, but it's really lame. . A lot of talk about nothing.

So besides these marks in photo looks good but thats some serious marks for a new book. Ill see about requesting an exchange. I dont own a single book this badly damaged and this is supposed to be a brand new copy. Thats ridiculous.

Its Marquis De Sade what can I say. Great read

good job

a fascinating book, perhaps not to every ones taste, perhaps not even mine. A book I had seen in a woman's boudoir some years ago in France. I thought then I would one day read the English edition. What took me so long? Hell I don't know, now read on...........

Best in class

This is as expected - long but with an intoxicating approach to relationships.

Very good. Thanks.