The Crimes of Love

by Sade, Marquis de

• ISBN13: 9780720611830
• ISBN10: 0720611830
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers

Summary

The five stories in this collection are taken from the Marquis de Sade's 1800 work, Les Crimes de l'Amour. They contrast with his other sensationalist writings, forming part of a significant genre of their own right within his body of work. Incarcera

Author Biography

The Marquis de Sade was born in Paris in 1740 and served as a cavalry officer in the Seven Years War. His debauched life led to long periods of imprisonment, during which much of his work was written. The revolution freed him and he became a zealous revolutionary; however, the publication of such works as Justine and La Philosophie Dans La Boudoir resulted in his renewed imprisonment and in 1803 he was declared insane and committed to the asylum at Charenton, where he died in 1814.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Faxelange or The Wrongs of Ambition

Dorgeville or The Criminal through Virtue

Rodrigo or The Enchanted Tower: An Allegorical Tale

Lorenza and Antonio: An Italian Story

The Comtesse de Sancerre or Her Daughter's Rival: Anecdote from the Court of Burgundy

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