by Marquis de Sade · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253012986
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«Aline et Valcour» is the philosophical novel by the Marquis de Sade, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (895 pages, in French).
Epistolary novel by Sade, written in the Bastille between 1785 and 1788: it interweaves the machinations of the libertine Blamont, who wants to marry his daughter Aline to his partner in excess Dolbourg, the loves of Aline and Valcour, the adventures of Sainville and Léonore (poisons, kidnappings, pirates) and the Rousseauean utopia of an imaginary kingdom.
1994 edition established, annotated and introduced by Jean M. Goulemot; number 4757 in the Le Livre de Poche collection.
For adult readers interested in classic French literature and in eighteenth-century philosophical narrative.
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. Some of these were published under his own name during his lifetime, but most appeared anonymously or posthumously.
