LEADER 03058nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910791999703321 005 20230422051508.0 010 $a0-19-159371-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000072618 035 $a(EBL)684550 035 $a(OCoLC)714569729 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000638627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11403976 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10714330 035 $a(PQKB)11392978 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC684550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL684550 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464187 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000072618 100 $a19990730e19991992 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe misfortunes of virtue, and other early tales$b[electronic resource] /$fthe Marquis de Sade ; translated and edited by David Coward 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aOxford world's classics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-283695-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [xxxix]). 327 $aCover; 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; E?milie 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 Provenc?al Tale 327 $aThe Lady of the Manor of Longeville, or a Woman's RevengeThe Confidence Men; Explanatory Notes 330 $aThe name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak. Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for ma 410 0$aOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) 606 $aErotic stories, French$vTranslations into English 606 $aSadism in literature 615 0$aErotic stories, French 615 0$aSadism in literature. 676 $a843.6 700 $aSade$cmarquis de,$f1740-1814.$0392046 701 $aCoward$b David$0872797 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791999703321 996 $aThe misfortunes of virtue, and other early tales$93812856 997 $aUNINA