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Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade

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Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (1740–1814), known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French nobleman and writer whose libertine and erotic works challenged morality, religion and politics; he spent significant periods imprisoned and his writings provoked censorship and controversy.

Born 1740, died 1814. Frequently imprisoned; wrote controversial libertine works including Philosophy in the Bedroom (La Philosophie dans le boudoir), Justine and The 120 Days of Sodom. The term 'sadism' is derived from his name.

This page collects critical commentary on Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade, chiefly focused on La Filosofia nel Boudoir. Reviews emphasise transgression, explicit erotic content, and anti-clerical critique. The available review highlights both literary skill and disturbing, provocative themes.

For:Readers of controversial 18th-century literature, scholars of libertine and erotic fiction, and those interested in censorship and transgressive themes.

 A work that in any era it was written would have encountered serious problems with censorship and would have been accused of containing pornographic absurdities, pedophilia, pathological transgressions and whatever else you can think of.

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