03058nam 2200577Ia 450 991079199970332120230422051508.00-19-159371-0(CKB)2560000000072618(EBL)684550(OCoLC)714569729(SSID)ssj0000638627(PQKBManifestationID)11403976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638627(PQKBWorkID)10714330(PQKB)11392978(MiAaPQ)EBC684550(Au-PeEL)EBL684550(CaPaEBR)ebr10464187(EXLCZ)99256000000007261819990730e19991992 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe misfortunes of virtue, and other early tales[electronic resource] /the Marquis de Sade ; translated and edited by David CowardOxford ;New York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (337 p.)Oxford world's classicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-283695-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxix]).Cover; Contents; Introduction; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of the Marquis de Sade; A Note on Money; The Misfortunes of Virtue; Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man; The Successful Ruse; The Pimp Well Served; The Windbags of Provence; An Inexplicable Affair Vouched for by an Entire Province; The Prude, or the Unexpected Encounter; Émilie de Tourville, or Brotherly Cruelty; Augustine de Villeblanche, or Love's Stratagem; The Law of Talion; The Self-Made Cuckold, or the Unexpected Reconciliation; The Husband Who Said Mass: A Provençal TaleThe Lady of the Manor of Longeville, or a Woman's RevengeThe Confidence Men; Explanatory NotesThe name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak. Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for maOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Erotic stories, FrenchTranslations into EnglishSadism in literatureErotic stories, FrenchSadism in literature.843.6Sademarquis de,1740-1814.392046Coward David872797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791999703321The misfortunes of virtue, and other early tales3812856UNINA