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9780007300440

FORBIDDEN CLASSICS JUSTINE MM

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  • ISBN13:

    9780007300440

  • ISBN10:

    0007300441

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-01-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

In a Parisian tavern the Countess de Lorsange reveals her history to a young woman named Theresea story in which a young girl and her sister fight a battle of morality. Set in a period before the French Revolution,Justineshows the battle of virtue versus vice, where earning your keep takes on fresh connotations, and a titled lady holds a lifetime of illicit secrets. De Sade's first novella, this book was written in 1787 while he was imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and obscenity (without trial) for its authorship at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Author Biography

The Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary, and writer of violent pornography. Incarcerated for 32 years of his life in both prisons and asylums, he is famed for his graphic depiction of cruelty within classic titles such as Crimes of Love and One Hundred Days of Sodom.

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