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De Sade: A Critical Biography

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This full-scale biography penetrates to the solitary moral rebel & supposed madman at the center of the myth and illuminates de Sade in an 18th-century milieu of violence, repression, revolution & intellectual liberation.

253 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

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Ronald Hayman

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Ronald Hayman is a critic, dramatist, director and writer best known for his biographies.

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August 2, 2020
Comencé a leer este libro por cultura general, pues de su nombre es que se deriva la expresión "sadico". El Marqués fue de los primeros escritores en describir tan detalladamente toda las aberraciones sexuales que su mente pudo imaginar.

El libro nos narra la vida del Marqués, enumerando todos los escándalos que le dieron la fama de libertino, ateo y perverso.
No quedando impune a sus actos pasó un largo tiempo en la cárcel, nunca fue un preso conformista, estuvo involucrado en diversos enfrentamientos con sus carceleros.
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January 4, 2008
Uninspired & dry. Hard to believe it's about such a controversial figure in literature, philosophy, skullduggery.
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