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Philosophy in the Boudoir (Penguin Classics) [Paperback]

Marquis De Sade D.A.F. , Joachim Neugroschel
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1 Mar 2007 0143039016 978-0143039013 Deluxe
Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition (1 Mar 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0143039016
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143039013
  • Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.5 x 21.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 314,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade (1740 – 1814), was a French aristocrat and writer of philosophy-laden and often violent pornography, as well as some strictly philosophical works.

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In 1795, under the Directory regime that followed the overthrow of Robespierre and was liberated from that tyrant's puritanical censures, there appeared in Paris a slim little volume, anonymously published, entitled La Philosophie dans le Boudoir. Read the first page
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy getting some culture. 11 July 2010
By Mr. J
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One of those books that's on the "you should have read" list that floats around the conversations of the literary and the academically intellectual / aspirational types.

Yes you should have and you will too. But the key detail here is that you will thoroughly enjoy reading this one; a bit shocking to the un-initiated in De Sade - in a way that gets surprisingly applauded in modern composed "challenging" media, brutally funny to read next to an over the shoulder reader on the commute to work and utterly immersing.

People do label some academic and philisophical reasons to read it, but don't worry about the requirement of the recommended and further reading list. Get stuck in and start quoting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, but there's so much more! 1 May 2007
By Pseudo-Olga - Published on Amazon.com
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I thought Incest was really well written (much like Lolita, where the content is filthy but you can't help but fall in love with the writer for how gifted he is with language), so I checked this one out next. Initially, Philosophy in the Boudoir came off as porn for the thinking man and nothing more - and really, everything has its place - but about halfway into the book there appeared some interesting philosophy that really completes some of what the Marquis got into with Incest. He further develops arguments on morality here, and if you're a Camus fan, a good deal of these arguments are actually pretty compatible with Camus, too. If you can get past (or enjoy?) all the anal sex bits, this is actually some pretty smart philosophy with what appears to be Marquis de Sade's characters debating either side of his own arguments.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing translation of a classic 8 Jan 2010
By immortal pickwick - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Dear reader,
I bought this book to check my reading of the original on occasion when sentences were particularly convoluted (Sade writes in an ironically formal Ancien Régime style of French). I was astonished to find gobs of mistakes in this English translation. I'm not exaggerating, there are three mistakes in a single paragraph on the latest page I've read, p. 151, the one starting with "Yes, Chevalier, you are saying...". Here they are to give you a taste.
1) "within you" : Should be "within me"!
2) "Do you smother remorse through your principles when you feel its goads" : Should be "May you smother (or just smother) ... if you ..."
3) "Will you manage to repent a misdeed of indifference that you have thoroughly penetrated?" This sentence is nonsensical as it is translated! It should be something like : "Could it be possible for you to repent an act being thoroughly penetrated by an indifference of it?"

This is only one paragraph. There are countless other mistakes strewn about.

I'm not familiar with other translations yet, but if you are concerned about fidelity to the original, I would advise you to steer away from this one. In spite of the fancy cover, the contents are greatly disappointing.

That said, if you're only interested in the sex tableaux, fidelity is not necessary and the translation is sufficient :-P

Enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read it if you love sex 15 April 2009
By Ana Tikaradze - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
If you want to break the borders of your fantasies... if you want to hear the richest description of the sex and the pleasure it brings... if you are ready for something which might feel immoral... if you consider sex as an art... if you love sex... read it... feel it... do not judge...
And if you want something similar but modern search for Michel Houellebecq...
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