'Justine' was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and obscenity (without trial) for the authorship of 'Justine' at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Beginning as a delightfully wicked romp through libertine intemperance, De Sade's story soon turns into a macabre record of extreme dissipation. 'Incest' is a challenging and breathtaking masterpiece from the archetypal literary Libertine.
The Baron de Teroze has already successfully married off his eldest daughter to a colonel of the dragoons; now it is time for him to arrange his younger daughter's nuptials. A corrupt magistrate from Aix seems to him the ideal candidate, much to the disgust of the young Mademoiselle de Teroze, who is in love with another man.
Herman and Ernestine, two lovers, find themselves confronted with a pair of libertines who will stop at nothing to assuage their desires. Count Oxtiern and his accomplice Madame Scholtz will shrink from nothing, no lie, no treachery is beneath them in their quest for sexual fulfilment. But does crime really never pay? Or can virtue vanquish vice?
Features three major novels by the Marquis de Sade, including the British edition of his most famous work Justine ; one of his most daring works, Philosophy In The Bedroom ; and the eighteenth-century masterpiece, Eugenie De Franval . This title also includes Sade's famous Dialogue Between A Priest And A Dying Man .