Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings Summary
Marquis de Sade

Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings Summary

This book is a composition of three novels by the same author. The author was a French Marquis who lived from 1740-1820. His reputation has traveled with him through the centuries. He is infamous for his ideas. The succinct way to express the man's present day reputation are the words "Sadism" (the tendency to both inflict pain upon others and to enjoy doing so) and "Masochism" (a cultivated enjoyment of being...

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