Categorii: Diverse
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2005
Editura: Peter Owen Publishers
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 196
Traducatori: Margaret Crosland
Editia: 4th Fourth Edition, Fourth ed.
ISBN: 9780720612516
Dimensiuni: l: 13cm | H: 20cm | 2cm | 220g
The notorious author of pornographic novels, a sexual pervert who spent much of his life in prison and whose name was unmentionable in civilized circles. Only in recent times has the Marquis come to be seen as misunderstood; essentially a moralist, his exploration of the so-called dark side of the human psyche remains as relevant to our society as it was to his own. Gothic Tales will provide an excellent introduction to Sade s fiction; these accessible stories range from the dramatic novella Eugenie de Franval, in which a father s criminal passion for his daughter leads to intrigue, abduction and murder, to comic tales such as The Husband Who Plays Priest, concerning a lecherous monk who finds an ingenious way to combine clerical duties with secular pleasures. Sade s gift as a humorist are much in evidence, as is his particular delight in unusual marital situations which invariably lead to the most diverting conclusions . . .