by Marquis de Sade · Editions Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070369638
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«Les Infortunes de la vertu» is the novel by the Marquis de Sade, published in 1977 in paperback (306 pages, in French).
Justine, a young woman who tries to maintain her virtue in a hostile world, endures a chain of misfortunes and abuses despite her goodness. Through her journey, Sade shows how innocence does not guarantee reward and dismantles the hypocrisy of institutions and those who should protect her, in a philosophical and provocative tale about human nature.
This edition belongs to the Folio classique collection, with a preface by Jean Paulhan, complete text, and a cover illustrated with a black-and-white drawing.
For readers of French classics and philosophical fiction who do not shy away from provocation or social criticism.
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.
