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John Galbraith Simmons reviews Joel Warner’s “The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History.”...
A new book by Joel Warner traces the fate of the parchment on which the infamous author wrote “120 Days of Sodom,” a trail involving scholars, aristocrats and thieves — and lots of money.
The handwritten scroll is full of sex and ultraviolence. Some people would do anything to possess it.
The manuscript for Sade’s novel 120 Days of Sodom inspired sexologists, thrilled surrealists, angered Nazis – and led others to their doom
France acquires de Sade's 'Sodom' manuscript for over $5 million The manuscript of 'The 120 Days of Sodom' written by the Marquis de Sade while he was imprisoned at the Bastille in 1785. AFP PHOTO/Martin Bureau. by Hugues Honore (AFP) .- The French state has acquired the original manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's "120 Days of Sodom" for over $5 million, safeguarding for the country a work declared a national treasure, the culture ministry said Friday. The 18th-century erotic masterpiece has endured a turbulent destiny over the centuries but the future of the original text now appears secur...