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    Philosophy in the Bedroom

    Written by Marquis De Sade

    Narrated by Paul Spera

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    Philosophy in the Bedroom (La philosophie dans le boudoir) was written in 1795 by the Marquis de Sade, while imprisoned in the Bastille. It is a work of extreme pornography, laced with socio-political suversion. The main characters are libertines, who decided to give a young maiden their own brand of sex education. They explain to her that pleasure is the most important goal of all, and then proceed with affirming that she will not be able to feel "true pleasure" without pain. Then they get down to the practical lessons. This book is full of extremely graphic and shocking descriptions, willfully obscene and violent to the reader; it is also an argument in favour of libertinism, with a demonstration on how it is the only way of thinking reinforcing the recent French Revolution, and that if it fails to penetrate the people of France, they are in grave danger of returning to a monarchic state.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAstorg Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2014
    ISBN9782821108080
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    Marquis De Sade

    The Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer of violent pornography. Incarcerated for 32 years of his life (in prisons and asylums), the majority of his output was written from behind bars. Famed for his graphic depiction of cruelty within classic titles such as ‘Crimes of Love’ and ‘One Hundred Days of Sodom’, de Sade's name was adopted as a clinical term for the sexual fetish known as ‘Sadism’.

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    • 3/5
      Not terrible, but… the sex stuff is ahead of its time in content but is hilariously old linguistically. Similarly, the critique of Christianity rivals Nietzsche’s but the lucid aspects are also tempered by the insane. I don’t regret reading this and might read more Sade but I’m going to need a break first. The audio was pretty great. I’m pretty sure the man stifled a laugh at a particularly florid description of an anus.