The Crimes of Love
heroic and tragic tales, preceded by an essay on novels
$34.25
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2008
Summary
The Crimes of Love: Tales of Seduction and Depravity
‘Senneval, you see in me your sister, the girl you seduced at Nancy, the woman who murdered your son, the wife of your own father and the ignoble creature who sent your mother to the gallows…’
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 inevita…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199539987 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199539987 |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Author: | Marquis de Sade, David Coward |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 128mm x 17mm |
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[An] excellent new edition… A recommended introduction to the Sadean oeuvre for anyone genuinely interested in the ideas that won him enduring notoriety.
[An] excellent new edition… A recommended introduction to the Sadean oeuvre for anyone genuinely interested in the ideas that won him enduring notoriety. * Ruth Scurr, Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Marquis de Sade
The Marquis de Sade (17401814) wrote the first drafts of several of his pornographic novels while in prison, including “Justine and 100 Days of Sodom.”
Francine du Plessix Gray is a contributor to the “New Yorker” and the author of numerous works, including “Them.”
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize.
Tomer Hanuka is the creator, with twin brother Asaf, of the comics series “Bipolar” and is a founding member of Meathaus.
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