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The Crimes of Love - Heroic and tragic Tales, Preceded by an Essay on Novels (Paperback)
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The Crimes of Love - Heroic and tragic Tales, Preceded by an Essay on Novels (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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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. Sade's
villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions,
and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love.
This is the most complete selection from the Marquis de Sade's
four-volume collection of short stories, The Crimes of Love. David
Coward's vibrant new translation captures the verve of the
original, and his introduction and notes describe Sade's notorious
career. This new selection includes "An Essay on Novels," Sade's
penetrating survey of the novelist's art. 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. Appendices include the
denunciatory review of the collection that it received on
publication, and Diderot's vigorous response. A skilled and artful
story-teller, Marquis de Sade's is also an intellectual who asks
questions about society, about ourselves, and about life.
Psychologically astute and defiantly unconventional, these stories
show Sade at his best.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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