From the premise, it's surprisingly less ambitious than 120 Days of Sodom, despite this being written a decade later. I also realized that Marquis de Sade wasn't making a parody, he was just a horny, sadistic libertine . _.

I will say his decadent prose remain forever-arousing. ( )

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So if you don't like reading erotica or don't like books the use foul language you should stay away from the Marquis de Sade.

Furthermore, if you've ever wondered about the etymology of the word sadism, it's from this man.

This book is meant to shock you, to rock you to your core. He challenges religion, politics and everything under the sun, all while narrating an orgy. This book is totally depraved and utterly riddled with debauchery.

I sometimes found his rants on politics, religion and the state a little bit long and lengthy - I felt that some of his book was just purely for shock value, no other reason. There were some brilliant lines in this, though, that have stuck with me till this day.

It's not for everyone, but I enjoyed it - and this edition is also beautiful! (If a little sexually explicit.) ( )

One could agree with the atheistic critic, and the enlightment view of the human rights, but there is this big but: one has to care for the other! one 's freedom stop at the other freedom begins.
Sade here doesn't limit the quest of pleasure, be it incest, torture, murder. ( )