Les Crimes de l'amour by Marquis de Sade

Psychologically astute and defiantly unconventional, these stories show Sade at his best. A skilled and artful story-teller, Marquis de Sade's is also an intellectual who asks questions about society, about ourselves, and about life. Appendices include the denunciatory review of the collection that it received on publication, and Diderot's vigorous response. It also contains the preface to the collection and an important statement of Sade's concept of fiction and one of the few literary manifestoes published during the Revolution. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels,' Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art. David Coward's vibrant new translation captures the verve of the original, and his introduction and notes describe Sade's notorious career. He fought in the French Army during the Seven Years War before being tried and sentenced to death in 1772 for a series of sexual crimes. This is the most complete selection from the Marquis de Sade's four-volume collection of short stories, The Crimes of Love. The Marquis De Sade was born in Paris, France on June 2, 1740.

Sade's villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love. Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories-tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. This is the most complete selection from the Marquis de Sade's four-volume collection of short stories, The Crimes of Love. Admirable or abhorrent, de Sade continues to haunt any reflective sensibility. Sade's villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love. Les Crimes de LAmour, by Marquis de Sade, Limited Edition Leather Bound, 1967.

Les Crimes de l'amour by Marquis de Sade