The Works of the Marquis de Sade

[Red Terror]

I was web-surfing on amazon and found to my amazement that Oxford and Penguin have listed the works of the Marquis de Sade as "classics". Hmmm ... Since when was eating human feces "canonical"?? Has anyone read any of his works and can comment on this topic???


https://www.amazon.com/Justine-Misfortunes-Virtue-Oxford-Classics/dp/0199572844/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20FDNTATW2C8A&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bAtRD1AizLSJtRC2GKaiy-YVItOnQqcd_2zGt3HSzoYuJEkG5xWSrPX_zganN8JN_yYAOLUY eNI2pAOIw7ip-JoVKBlCRceqbPsDA5Y5YzhdG51NRBgs-HSoeK4x37brV_KXEJc5XjfpQ47RX9r5q_10vlC6J_inOwZuo37 OxJMqBqluwFLZYrUQNMVo_WSFzY7TmGVxXmlvW68N36XMyJnk2 I8CHaokqg22Ds8_QGQ.DD2PLK5kHoD9J0Cj-EPWOb9RF7E7kfW8zd1O_5uEdjg&dib_tag=se&keywords=marquise+de+sade&qid=1746495709&s=books&sprefix=marquis+de+sade%2Cstripbooks%2C125&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/120-Days-Sodom-Marquis-Sade/dp/014139434X/ref=sr_1_4?crid=KT6T4E9P3TR8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y4q5JocccCb1VgzGwJC6PmcyssJHkbtuZ GHadDRlHRQUChS2p5g4LqwUikprp1L6AoDYw0H7dqBopgXGcBg AG2ZCTUhahM7wgGnf0FE5MGdTQ_Fm7_Zvu7oC675v7urfZAnJd 08iZcxuynVREjMFlEL8xXtipm5DYLhw0U29IdFUVKgoXKiZdjZ jSMvwYnhYO5orqjsyGJarMf4QlTbUJcGGwCB5E1UdA48g5GnxB Fo.21jih4rE7vBLV4QEhCtROAvD2e8oUSgObu6QyyVuSbQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=120+day+of+sodom&qid=1746495965&s=books&sprefix=120+day+of+sodom%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-4

[Danik 2016]

Hi, Red,
I tried to read Sade, but I got disgusted in every sense. I suppose he is considered a classic exactly because his ouevre describes certain perversions in detail. It gave rise to the concept of sadism.

[fudgetusk]

I'm reading THAT! AMERICAN PSYCHO just doesn't cut it anymore.