Has anyone read Marquis de Sade ?

[j]

If you want the French texts, email me.

Sorry to bump this slightly old thread, but I was wondering whether anyone knew of an online, English version of either of Sade's 'sister' books (Juliette/Justine). I have 120 Days, and it's nice to have on computer, and I'd especially like it in txt format, or a format that is easy to search.

Thanks
Mothbrad

[Mothbrad]

If you want the French texts, email me.

Thank you for the lovely offer, but alas I only did two years of French at school many years ago

[j]

Well from your photo, you retained the essence of French culture!

Thank you for the lovely offer, but alas I only did two years of French at school many years ago

[bardbin]

http://www.supervert.com/elibrary/sade.html

has 120 Days of Sodom & Philosophy in the Bedroom available for download in pdf format.

[redEva]

Thank you bardbin.

[Dododecapod]

MANY thanks, Bardbin. I've never been able to find a copy of 120 Days before.

[pagan switch]

I actually have a copy of Justine, which is the only de Sade I've read. I guess what struck me is that it was just a bit unrealistic in parts, to say the least. For example, a very large penis during anal sex with no lube? The abrasions would have hurt him almost as much as it did her.

Justine is like a submissive's journey through BDSM with many different doms, although she is always portrayed as being unwilling (and don't some players get off on pretending that the sub is unwilling?). It's a like a grand tour in a way, through every kink de Sade could think of, including even decapitation. Not surprisingly, many of the fetishes are still very much with us today, while others are still quite rare.

And of course, decapitation is quite illegal and not a viable part of the BDSM world. But just imagine if you got with a dom, a blind date perhaps, and then found out that he meant to really hurt you, maybe even kill you. It suddenly seems more relevant, doesn't it?

I haven't read O, but a friend once told me he thought O was partially inspired by the theme of Justine bouncing from dom(s) to dom(s).