I've read most of "Justine" (I skimmed it for the good parts), and I'd have to say that it certainly holds up better than anything else pre-1950 that I've read, with the single exception of "A Man With a Maid". The Olympia Press collection of "The Pearl" has a few...uhm...pearls in it, but most of it is unreadable and that's about the best that can be said for the pre-"Story of O" era. "Justine" actually reads more like a story written in the 1950s than one from 1791.

(Once again, couldn't get the damn smilies to work!)