
Marquis de Sade
120 days of SodomBy Gabriel Lucas JacksonLength14h 31m
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The pervasive influence of the Church was another cornerstone of this ordered society. The Catholic faith was not merely a spiritual pursuit; it was an intrinsic part of the social and political fabric. The clergy held immense power and influence, their pronouncements shaping public morality and often intertwining with the dictates of the monarchy. Churches were not just places of worship, but centers of community life, their bells marking the hours of the day and the rhythm of life itself. Religious education was paramount, instilled from the earliest years, shaping minds with doctrines of sin, salvation, obedience, and divine rebut tonight, that construction felt fragile, vulnerable to the encroaching presence of something else, something profoundly human and terrifyingly unquantifiable.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Psychology
Length14 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
2Chapter 2: The Libertine Descent and Early Imprisonment
3Chapter 3: The Bastille and Beyond: Extended Imprisonment
4Chapter 4: The French Revolution: A Paradoxical Freedom
5Chapter 5: The Philosopher of Nature Cruelty
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6Chapter 6: The Perverse Logic of Virtue
7Chapter 7: A Lexicon of Transgression
8Chapter 8: Sade Women: Victims and Perpetrators
9Chapter 9: The Marquis in the Literary and Artistic Imagination
10Chapter 10: The Marquis and the French Revolutionaries
11Chapter 11: The Last Years: Asylum and Legacy
12Chapter 12: Sade Philosophical Toolkit: Language and Argument
13Chapter 13: Sade and the Enlightenment: Continuity and Rupture
14Chapter 14: Debating the Marquis: Criminal vs. Philosopher
15Chapter 15: The Enduring Resonance of the Divine Marquis