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Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French aristocrat and author.  

Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French aristocrat and author. The mental disorder known as [[Sadism]], whose sufferers derive [[pleasure]] from the [[pain]] of others, is named after him.

His books are obscene to a degree that is unparallelled even in modern literature. Typically featuring [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesquely perverse sex scenes, they remain banned in many countries to the present day.

His books featured [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesquely perverse sex scenes, they remain banned in many countries to the present day.

His most notorious book, The [[120 Days of Sodom]] was written by de Sade whilst he was imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]. The last years of his life were spent in a [[lunatic asylum]], though this may have been to avoid his mother-in-law, who, scandalised by his behaviour, had obtained a royal order for his arrest and indefinite detention; this has been dramatised in the play [[Marat/Sade]].

His most notorious book, The [[120 Days of Sodom]] was written by de Sade whilst he was imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]. The last years of his life were spent in a [[lunatic asylum]], though this may have been to avoid his mother-in-law, who, scandalised by his behaviour, had obtained a royal order for his arrest and indefinite detention; this has been dramatised in the play [[Marat/Sade]].

The mental disorder known as [[Sadism]], whose sufferers derive [[pleasure]] from the [[pain]] of others, is named after him.

His works are obscene to a degree that was unparalleled in modern literature until the relaxation of obscenity laws which occurred during the [[sexual revolution]] of the 1950s and 1960s. Then, books such as ''The Story of O'' by Pauline Reage reintroduced sadomasochism to the literary world.

 

Anne Rice (writing as A. N. Roquelaure) wrote a trilogy of sadomasochistic works available in mainstream bookstores such as Barnes and Noble: ''The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty'', ''Beauty's Punishment'' and ''Beauty's Release'':

 

:I wanted to create a Disneyland of S & M. ... I meant it to be erotic and nothing else -- to turn people on. [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?isbn=0452156610]

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