The Marquis de Sade, The Complete Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writings The first American edition / 1965 compiled and translated by Richard Seaver & Austryn Wainhouse with introductions by Jean Paulhan of l'Académie Française & Maurice Blanchot No other writer has so scandalized proper society as the Marquis de Sade, but despite the deliberate destruction of over three-quarters of his work, Sade remains a major figure in the history of ideas. His influence on some of the greatest minds of the last century—from Baudelaire and Swinburne to Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky and Kafka—is indisputable. This volume contains Philosophy in the Bedroom, a major novel that presents the clearest summation of his political philosophy; Eugénie de Franval, a novella widely considered to be a masterpiece of eighteenth-century French literature; and the only authentic and complete American edition of his most famous work, Justine. This literary portrait of Sade is completed by one of his earliest philosophical efforts, Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man, a selection of his letters, a fifty-page chronology of his life, two important essays on Sade, and a bibliography of his work. A comprehensive collection includes not only the 3 classic novels of sex & sensuality named in the title, but also his "Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man,'' a selection of letters, essays on de Sade, a lifetime chronology, & bibliography of his works. First published in 1965 & in this paperback format by Grove Press (B-148) in 1966, this is the 12th printing of that First Paperback Edition from 1981. The book itself is in good vintage condition. The dust jacket has minor damage. Please check the photos. Marquis de Sade, 120 Days of Sodom, Simone de Beauvoir, Erotica, Sexuality, Nude