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== 120 Days of Sodom ==

== 120 Days of Sodom ==

''The 120 Days of Sodom'' was one of his most notorious books. He wrote it over a thirty-seven day period in 1785 while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. He described this book as  "the most impure tale that has ever been written since the world exists", which may very well be true to the present day. He died believing that this book was lost to the ages- unfortunately, a direct descendant found it in the mid-20th century, despite the attempts of his immediate relatives trying to destroy everything he wrote that remained unpublished immediately after his death.  Elements of his book were likewise utilized for the victims of the Guillotine by Joseph Lebon, one of the Jacobins, where he and his wife had the decapitated corpses unclothed and placed in obscene positions mirroring that of the batteries nationales.<ref name="Operation Parricide">[http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html Operation Parricide]</ref> This book was adapted by controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini in that director's final and most radically offensive film.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/</ref> The last years of the Marquis' life were spent in an [[insanity|insane]] asylum, though the reasons for this vary depending on the source.  His years in the asylum have been dramatised in the critically-acclaimed play (and later film) ''Marat/Sade'',<ref name="imdb.com">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/</ref> as well as in the dramatic film ''Quills''.<ref name="imdb.com"/>

''The 120 Days of Sodom'' was one of his most notorious books. He wrote it over a thirty-seven day period in 1785 while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. He described this book as  "the most impure tale that has ever been written since the world exists", which may very well be true to the present day. He died believing that this book was lost to the ages- unfortunately, a direct descendant found it in the mid-20th century, despite the attempts of his immediate relatives trying to destroy everything he wrote that remained unpublished immediately after his death.  Elements of his book were likewise utilized for the victims of the Guillotine by Joseph Lebon, one of the Jacobins, where he and his wife had the decapitated corpses unclothed and placed in obscene positions mirroring that of the batteries nationales.<ref name="Operation Parricide">[http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html Operation Parricide]</ref> This book was adapted by controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini in that director's final and most radically offensive film.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/</ref> The last years of the Marquis' life were spent in an [[insanity|insane]] asylum, though the reasons for this vary depending on the source.  His years in the asylum have been dramatised in the critically-acclaimed play (and later film) ''Marat/Sade'',<ref name="imdb.com">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/</ref> as well as in the dramatic film ''Quills''.<ref name="imdb.com"/>

His work was largely banned in the [[USA]] until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1960s and 1970s.

His work was largely banned in the [[USA]] until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1960s and 1970s.