The Complete Marquis de Sade by Marquis de Sade

The text itself is often incorporated into collections of de Sade's work.Ī censored English translation of Justine was issued in the US by the Risus Press in the early 1930s, and went through many reprintings. There is standard edition of this text in hardcover, having passed into the public domain. The book's destruction was ordered by the Cour Royale de Paris on May 19, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the arrest of the anonymous author of Justine and Juliette, and as a result de Sade was incarcerated for the last 13 years of his life. The two together formed 10 volumes of nearly 4000 pages in total publication was completed in 1801. It was accompanied by a continuation, Juliette, about Justine's sister. This final version, La Nouvelle Justine, departed from the first-person narrative of the previous two versions, and included around 100 engravings. It is a novella (187 pages) with relatively little of the obscenity that characterized his later writing, as it was written in the classical style (which was fashionable at the time), with much verbose and metaphorical description.Ī much extended and more graphic version, entitled Justine ou Les Malheurs de la vertu (1791) (English title: Justine, or The Misfortunes of the Virtue or simply Justine), was the first of de Sade's books published.Ī further extended version, La Nouvelle Justine ou Les Malheurs de la vertu ( The New Justine), was published in the Netherlands in 1797. Justine (original French title: Les infortunes de la vertu) was an early work by the Marquis de Sade, written in two weeks in 1787 while imprisoned in the Bastille. She explains the series of misfortunes that led to her present situation.

Her story is recounted to Madame de Lorsagne while defending herself for her crimes, en route to punishment and death. Justine is set just before the French Revolution in France and tells the story of a young girl who goes under the name of Thérèse. Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (French: Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu) is a 1791 novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade.

The Complete Marquis de Sade by Marquis de Sade