0
THE CRIMES OF LOVE

THE CRIMES OF LOVE

HEROIC AND TRAGIC TALES, PRECEDED BY AN ESSAY ON NOVELS

MARQUIS DE SADE

12,50 €
IVA included
No stock. Please check price
Publisher:
OXFORD WORLDS CLASSICS
Year of publication:
2008
ISBN:
978-0-19-953998-7
Pages:
400
12,50 €
IVA included
No stock. Please check price
Inquire
Add to favorites

Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories--tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. Sade's villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love.
This is the most complete selection from the Marquis de Sade's four-volume collection of short stories, The Crimes of Love. David Coward's vibrant new translation captures the verve of the original, and his introduction and notes describe Sade's notorious career. This new selection includes "An Essay on Novels," Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art. It also contains the preface to the collection and an important statement of Sade's concept of fiction and one of the few literary manifestoes published during the Revolution. Appendices include the denunciatory review of the collection that it received on publication, and Diderot's vigorous response. A skilled and artful story-teller, Marquis de Sade's is also an intellectual who asks questions about society, about ourselves, and about life. Psychologically astute and defiantly unconventional, these stories show Sade at his best. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Related Articles

  • THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
    THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
    PHILIPPA GREGORY
    Henry VIII's court is a stage for love and treachery, where the weapons of choice are sex, marriage - and the executioner's axe. As Henry's mistress, Mary Boleyn is a pawn in her family's lust for power. Queen Katherine of Aragon hasn't produced a male heir, and Mary's ruthless uncle scents the chance of putting his niece on the throne. But Henry's wandering eye has fallen on a...
    Low stock

    13,75 €

  • MOZART IN ITALY
    MOZART IN ITALY
    JANE GLOVER
    An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart’s formative trips to Italy, from the author of Mozart’s Women and Handel in London. ...
    Low stock

    16,25 €

  • THE PALACE OF EROS
    THE PALACE OF EROS
    CARO DE ROBERTIS
    WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD 'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban 'A natural storyteller' Washington Post Theirs was a love that defied the gods... Beautiful, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of ...
    Available

    12,50 €

  • FOUR RUINED REALMS
    FOUR RUINED REALMS
    MAI CORLAND
    His sister's ring is in his sights, and he will do anything to get what he wants. Even manipulating the five blades to steal it... Bonded by deceit, the blades must rely on their skills to pull off King Joon's pursuit or risk his legendary wrath. A foreign rule of law stands between them and Quilimar, the Queen of Khitan. Now they have one month to steal the powerful Golden Rin...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • THE BRIGHT SWORD
    THE BRIGHT SWORD
    LEV GROSSMAN
    A book of the year for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, BookBub, BookRiot and more! 'This Year's Must-Read Novel . . . Grossman's lyrical prose has never been better' FORBES 'If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you'll love The Bright Sword . . . t...
    Low stock

    16,25 €

  • THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH
    THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH
    HELEN MARSHALL
    A young woman is seduced by the glamour of the circus and drawn into a dangerous world of violence, cruelty and revenge. For readers of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Helen Oyeyemi's Mr Fox. A dark fantasy tale infused with mystery and threat from the award-winning author whose work has been described by Paul Tremblay as “intelligent, dark, wildly inventive".As Sara Si...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

Other books by the author

  • THE MISFORTUNES OF VIRTUE AND OTHER EARLY TALES
    THE MISFORTUNES OF VIRTUE AND OTHER EARLY TALES
    MARQUIS DE SADE
    The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the...
    Available

    11,25 €