PARIS — Georges Bataille, in The Accursed Share, said that if the Marquis de Sade had not existed, he would have had to been invented. But probably one of the biggest badasses of all time did exist.
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Breakpoint: The Marquis de Sade and the power of ideas
Smithsonian Magazine: ‘120 Days of Sodom’, Marquis de Sade’s Depraved Opus, Declared a French National Treasure
Engraving of the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) Public domain/Mary Evans From his cell in the notorious Bastille prison, the French nobleman Marquis de Sade penned what is arguably the most perverted ...
‘120 Days of Sodom’, Marquis de Sade’s Depraved Opus, Declared a French National Treasure
Reuters: Marquis de Sade erotic novel, or some quantum theory? You choose
PARIS (Reuters) - The auction of one of the world's earliest and most sordid erotic novels -- the Marquis de Sade's "120 Days of Sodom" -- has been halted after the French state declared it a national ...
IndieWire: INTERVIEW: “Pushing Things To Their Limits”; Benoit Jacquot Takes On the Marquis de Sade
INTERVIEW: “Pushing Things To Their Limits”; Benoit Jacquot Takes On the Marquis de Sade
Based on the true story of the notorious Marquis de Sade. In eighteenth century Paris, an innocent beauty's search for her missing sister leads her into the deadly sensuous realm of the infamous ...
The Arts Desk: Isabelle Huppert reads Marquis de Sade, Queen Elizabeth Hall review - virtue twinned with vice
Isabelle Huppert reads Marquis de Sade, Queen Elizabeth Hall review - virtue twinned with vice
New York Daily News: Marquis de Sade text named French treasure, auction canceled