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Justine

By: Marquis de Sade
Narrated by: Polly Edsell, Nicholas Boulton
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Summary

Underneath the patina of civilized society lies the Sadean demimonde: a bundle of lustful appetites fueled by momentary impulse and a desire for unfettered indulgence. And the target of this savagery: Justine de Bertole, a pious and virginal heroine.

While her amoral sister Juliette gets all the wonders in the world, virtuous and faithful Justine is subjected to punishment after punishment at the hands of sadistic and abusive deviants. Grotesque, inhumane and compelling, Sade’s novel overturns Rousseau’s views of the social contract, and the common trope that punishment only visits sinners, to deliver a passionate treatise on good and evil, virtue and sin.

2012 translation by John Phillips.

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©2012 John Phillips (translation) (P)2018 Naxos AudioBooks
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: Erotica
Classics Literature & Fiction
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The most extreme of nuggets of naughtiness

probably the most classic of erotic literature.
this is not just a diatribe of evil takes stories , but an example of the works of one of the most controversial philosophers that ever lived.

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Terrible narration

The most horrible narration, cant even concentrate on the story because of the annoying female voices!

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