Project Gutenberg 2009-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 869 Sade, marquis de 1740 1814 Sade, Donatien Alphonse François de, comte, called Marquis de De Sade, marquis Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois de, comte, called Marquis de Sade, D.-A.-F. (Donatien-Alphonse-François) Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, marquis de Marquis de Sade Les crimes de l'amour Précédé d'un avant-propos, suivi des idées sur les romans, de l'auteur des crimes de l'amour à Villeterque, d'une notice bio-bibliographique du marquis de Sade: l'homme et ses écrits et du discours prononcé par le marquis de Sade à la section des piques. Reading ease score: 61.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Jean-Adrien Brothier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les crimes de l'amour" by Marquis de Sade is a collection of erotic narratives written in the late 18th century. The work explores historical and romantic themes, showcasing the author’s signature focus on the darker aspects of love, desire, and human nature. Central to the opening portion is the character Juliette de Castelnau, a young woman of exceptional beauty and courage, who becomes entangled in the turbulent political and religious conflicts of France during the 16th century, especially concerning her father and her love for Raunai. The opening of the narrative sets the stage in France post the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, highlighting internal conflicts exacerbated by religious divisions. Juliette's father, the Baron de Castelnau, is imprisoned due to his Protestant beliefs, and Juliette is determined to save him, revealing her fierce commitment to both her faith and family. Through a series of dramatic encounters, including Juliette’s negotiation with the Duke of Guise, the text introduces themes of sacrifice, love, and moral dilemmas as Juliette faces the grim prospect of having to choose between her father's life and her own desires. This entanglement promises a complex exploration of the intersections between passion and violence, fidelity and betrayal, inherent in Sade's provocative style. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Erotic literature, French PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Sexuality & Erotica 369174 369145 2024-10-12T11:10:35.608491 2023-09-12T13:22:12.476839 text/html text/html 364483 2009-05-08T06:32:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 266742 2009-05-08T06:32:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338992 2024-10-12T11:10:44.061455 application/epub+zip 344407 2024-10-12T11:10:38.254575 application/epub+zip 214742 2024-10-12T11:10:36.537507 application/epub+zip 661391 2024-10-12T11:10:48.215475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 627244 2024-10-12T11:10:42.881460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273653 2022-09-13T10:47:59.671271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325709 325422 2024-10-12T11:10:34.463522 2023-09-12T13:22:11.592813 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 318220 2009-05-08T06:32:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 124903 2009-05-08T06:32:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20850 2024-10-12T11:10:48.371422 application/rdf+xml 12650 2024-10-12T11:10:37.104487 image/jpeg 3191 2024-10-12T11:10:36.819489 image/jpeg 331495 2024-10-12T11:10:35.674513 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia