Julietta. The Success of the Crime

Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (1740-1814) – marquis, writer, philosopher, libertine, and scandalist. His name gives rise to the sexual term "sadism." In his works, he sought to delve into the depths of the human mind and discover its primal instincts, which, according to the author, were temporarily suppressed by cultural barriers. His works prioritize shame, cruelty, and crime. De Sade presents violence as a source of sexual experiences. Sade was a prolific writer and extremely popular in his time, but the later Puritan era condemned his work to oblivion. As forbidden works, they acquired an additional flavor as forbidden works. Juliette: The Success of Vice is a selection of excerpts from the Marquis de Sade's (1740-1814) literary masterpiece and most philosophically profound work, The History of Juliette, or The Success of Vice (Histoire de Juliette, or Les Prosprits du Vice). This collection is intended to be a sort of Little Anthology of Sadism, composed of fragments of Sade's enormous work (usually the most famous and spectacular parts, such as The System of Saint-Fonda, The System of the Pope or The Giant of Minsky, and at the same time the most characteristic of his clandestins, i.e. secret works, i.e. those in which he did not put on the mask of a moralizer but consistently developed his views), selected in such a way as to constitute separate stories or episodes.