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>391 pages
Yeah no thanks

Do you have any libertine novels that are short and sweet, /lit/?

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>> No.4663111

Philosophy in the Bedroom is entry-level libertinism.

120 Days of Sodom was just a mess, Sade never got a chance to organize or edit it. All of his novels are superior. Keep in mind that libertine writings were partially a reaction against the Enlightenment in the same was Hume and Tristram Shandy were.

>> No.4663306

>>4663073
that's the abridged v pal

>> No.4663323

The Image by Jean de Berg

>> No.4663328

story of the eye maybe?

>> No.4663332

The Misfortunes of Virtue (aka Justine) and other Early Tales is a nice oxford classics collection of de sade. The short stories are very funny and philosophical. 120 days of sodom is a little too much

buy here:

http://www.amazon.com/Misfortunes-Virtue-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/019954042X

>> No.4663343

>>4663332
more specifically, The Misfortunes of Virtue is (as I understand it) a pared down version of Justine. It is a little less risque but also (probably) more readable. The plot is still largely the same but I think it skips out on some of the weirder sex acts. I think the full Justine is available online, but in any case the other stories in the collection are probably worth it if you are trying to ease into De Sade before tackling the other stuff

>> No.4663355

>>4663111
>partially a reaction against the Enlightenment

In a way, Sade is Enlightment pushed to its very end. Justine always reminds me of Candide.

Stroy of O perhaps fits the bill, OP.

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>tfw knowing that if Sade finished it, it would have been 1200 pages
>tfw you will never get to experience it as the author intended

>> No.4663366

>>4663357
He got autistic about all his great works and kept adding to them throughout his life.
The final, unabridged version of Juliette and Justine is over 4000 pages

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>read 120 Days of Sodom
>"Alright guys I know I'm locked up here and have literally nothing else to do but watch dew accumulate on my dungeon cell walls, but I didn't manage to expand on the whole thing!"
>many of his scenarios are recycled anyway

>> No.4663648

>>4663645
>>many of his scenarios are recycled anyway
wat?

>> No.4663747

>>4663648
Did you read it? It's like 12 days of christmas with rape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtvYCC3p-t8

>> No.4663753

>>4663747
Name writers before de Sade that make 120 Days of Sodom recycled

>> No.4663758

>>4663753
The scenarios he uses are recycled throughout the book. By the time it gets to outlines, you've already read almost every scenario.

>> No.4663761

>>4663758
oops, my bad, I interpreted you to be saying that he was basically reusing old material from other writers. Not that I understand you, I agree.