The 120 days of Sodom, or, The School of Libertinage

WINNER OF THE 2017 SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel. This disturbing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers. In an isolated castle in the heart of the Black Forest, four wealthy libertines -- a duke, a bishop, a judge and a financier -- explore a disturbing world of pleasure and pain, domination and submission.--Page 4 of cover. The Marquis de Sade ; translated and with an introduction by Will McMorran and Thomas Wynn. A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking, and influential novel. Includes bibliographic references (pages xxxiv-xliv). Translated from the French. A pornographic novel by the infamous Sade, the story relates the tale of four men who sequester themselves at a remote chateau with various women, men and young girls with the intention of experiencing the ultimate sexual gratification by indulging in a series of orgies. A novel that requires a strong stomach.