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Genuinely interesting and well written nonfiction that doesn't feel like a textbook, and also oh my god this guy is awful

"The same government that had once suppressed all of Sade's output had now concluded that his most obscene creation should be elevated to an emblem of French heritage."

"To find a potential buyer, the two turned their attention to what has become one of the biggest erotica markets in Europe: Queen Victoria's England.

Unlike their more freewheeling French counterparts, the guardians of Victorian mores considered sex extremely dangerous. Men who succumbed to the tug of their sexual appetites, it was believed, risked sapping the vitality needed to maintain the glorious British Empire.