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The Life and Ideas of the Marquis de Sade
The Life and Ideas of the Marquis de Sade Author:Geoffrey Gorer The outrageousness o some of de Sade's works and two notorious scandals in which he was involved as a young man have given rise to his infamous reputation. He was without doubt a highly original thinker. The this book, Geoffrey Gorer has delved deep to present a succinct account of de Sade's strange life (one of the strangest ever lived) and has... more » succeeded brilliantly in capturing the spirit of the man who has become the symbol of the pleasure in power and pain.« less