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The 120 days of Sodom, or, The school of libertinage, The Marquis de Sade ; translated and with an introduction by Will McMorran and Thomas Wynn

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The 120 days of Sodom, or, The school of libertinage, The Marquis de Sade ; translated and with an introduction by Will McMorran and Thomas Wynn

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eng

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fiction

Main title

The 120 days of Sodom, or, The school of libertinage

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The Marquis de Sade ; translated and with an introduction by Will McMorran and Thomas Wynn

Summary

This disturbing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers

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One hundred and twenty days of Sodom120 days of SodomSchool of libertinage

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