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Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.
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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 Browse Sample Pages
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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 Browse Sample Pages
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
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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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Oh, but there's so much more!
1 May 2007
Format:Paperback
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Very disappointing translation of a classic
8 Jan 2010
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.
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.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Read it if you love sex
15 April 2009
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...
And if you want something similar but modern search for Michel Houellebecq...
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