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Sade: A Biography

by Maurice Lever · 1991

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To some the Marquis de Sade was a monster, to others an apostle of sexual freedom and a literary genius. Lever reconstructs the life of the "divine marquis" in all its splendor and perversity. Named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Index. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

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18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 626 pages

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