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Contes et Fabliaux d'Un Troubadour Provencal Du XVIII Siecle

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ISBN-10: 161145512X

ISBN-13: 9781611455120

Edition: 2012

Authors: Marquis de Sade, Richard Seaver

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The Marquis de Sade is known variously to history as "the Divine Marquis" (the Surrealists) and "that monster author" (Napoleon)because of the daring originality and scandalous nature of much of his writing. What is less known, or virtually forgotten, is that he also possessed a dark but undeniable sense of humor. Visible in even his most outrageous and somber publications, it burst into full bloom in his shorter works of fiction. The great virtue of this volume is that it reveals that lighter, comic side of Sade. He was a man obsessed, like many great writers, and his obsessions are still present here: his hatred of all things pretentious, his loathing of a corrupt judicial system, his…    
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Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.22" wide x 32.05" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English