Justine by Marquis de Sade

flavo5000 · Post by **flavo5000** » October 20th, 2022, 3:11 pm

I know some folks are drawn to controversial novels, so I thought I'd throw this out there since it seems that it hasn't been recorded yet:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210007726621&view=1up&seq=23

Here is the first known English translation of Marquis de Sade's Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue, also listed under the alternate title Opus sadicum: A Philosophical Romance. Published in 1889. This is actually a first draft of the novel that de Sade would later go on to expound upon with far more vile and controversial passages. Comparatively, this edition is quite restrained in its content and significantly shorter than later editions.

flavo5000 · Post by **flavo5000** » November 6th, 2023, 4:45 pm

I added some additional info on this one that might be of interest to someone who may want to record it.