Marquis de sade 120 days of sodom book

The whole thing is now available on our website here. The 120 days of sodom is arguably the most perverted text ever put to paper. A new translation, with innovative modern formatting of the most extreme book in the history of literature. To do this, they seal themselves away for four months in an inaccessible castle in the heart of the black forest, with a harem of 36 victims, mostly male and female. The 120 days of sodom, also known as the school of libertinism, is described by the author as the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began.

This is the first english version based on the original text, and comes courtesy of translators will mcmorran and thomas wynn, whose loyal work is about as gutwrenching as the original prose. It is the story of four aristocratic male libertines who decide to seek out. The 120 days of sodom is the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began. I admit that i was really shocked but also thought provoked. The 120 days of sodom is a 1785 novel by the french writer and nobleman donatien alphonse francois. Welcome fellow libertines, to the most depraved, vile, nihilistic tale ever told.

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