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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.

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 featured [[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 while he was imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]. The last years of his life were spent in an [[insane 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 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.  

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.  

Books by Pauline Reage and Anne Rice reintroduced sado-masochistic pornography to the literary world with the cachet that smut can be well-written, literate and acceptable for sale in ordinary bookstores.  

Books by Pauline Reage and [[Anne Rice]] reintroduced sado-masochistic pornography to the literary world with the cachet that smut can be well-written, literate and acceptable for sale in ordinary bookstores.  

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