Philosophy in the Boudoir: Or, The Immoral Mentors (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)

by Marquis de Sade (Author), Tomer Hanuka (Illustrator), Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Francine Du Plessix-Gray (Introduction) "In 1795, under the Directory regime that followed the overthrow of Robespierre and was liberated from that tyrant's puritanical censures, there appeared in Paris a..." (more)
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Product Description
This most joyous of de Sade’s works follows three aristocrats as they indoctrinate Eugénie de Mistival in "the principles of the most outrageous libertinism."

About the Author
The Marquis de Sade (1740–1814) wrote the first drafts of several of his pornographic novels while in prison, including Justine and 100 Days of Sodom.

Francine du Plessix Gray is a contributor to the New Yorker and the author of numerous works, including Them.

Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize.

Tomer Hanuka is the creator, with twin brother Asaf, of the comics series Bipolar and is a founding member of Meathaus.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0143039016
• ISBN-13: 978-0143039013
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #231,148 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, but there's so much more!, May 1, 2007

By	Pseudo-Olga (WA, USA) - See all my reviews

I thought Incest was really well written (much like Lolita, where the content is filthy but you can't help but fall in love with the writer for how gifted he is with language), so I checked this one out next. Initially, Philosophy in the Boudoir came off as porn for the thinking man and nothing more - and really, everything has its place - but about halfway into the book there appeared some interesting philosophy that really completes some of what the Marquis got into with Incest. He further develops arguments on morality here, and if you're a Camus fan, a good deal of these arguments are actually pretty compatible with Camus, too. If you can get past (or enjoy?) all the anal sex bits, this is actually some pretty smart philosophy with what appears to be Marquis de Sade's characters debating either side of his own arguments.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Anally Penetrating Virgins for Dummies!, February 5, 2007

By	Captain Scientist (An Island I Invented) - See all my reviews

This is the ultimate how-to guide. Instead of learning how to nail stupid boards together or talk like a foreign-man, this will teach you the delicious art of taking a young woman and filling her tight holes like they belonged to a thanksgiving turkey on thanksgiving. Pregnancy an issue? Throw it in the back! There is less disease that way, anyway. Worried about your lover's pleasure? Be like Dolmance and ignore their twaddling neediness in favor of your own robust genitals and put those genitals in whomever you please. The morals of your era are only there for God to harvest all the unhappiness and pent-up semen of the world, in order to build his towering masterwork, Queen Victoria II. None of this even mentions the cover! This book has apparently been around for years, but none of those editions had illustrations of naked ladies being debauched so completely! It makes me proud to read it in public. I highly recommend this book, not only to young virgins, but anyone who knows a young virgin, or is looking to. Chris Hansen, eat your heart out.

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it if you love sex, April 15, 2009

By	Ana Tikaradze (Tbilisi, Georgia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you want to break the borders of your fantasies... if you want to hear the richest description of the sex and the pleasure it brings... if you are ready for something which might feel immoral... if you consider sex as an art... if you love sex... read it... feel it... do not judge...
And if you want something similar but modern search for Michel Houellebecq...