History Creator / MarquisDeSade

When Napoleon came to power he ordered the arrest of the "anonymous author" of ''Justine'' and ''Juliette'' and Sade was imprisoned without trial. He was transferred to a harsher prison and two years later his family convinced the courts to put him in an insane asylum at Charenton. There the director, the Abbé de Coulmier, a Catholic Priest, had [[ValuesResonance a liberal and progressive attitude towards rehabilitation]]. Coulmier let Sade's ex-wife stay with him and allowed Sade [[PrisonPerformance to write and stage his plays for the public using fellow inmates]]. The government eventually ordered Coulmier to stop ''all'' theatrical performances and after the fall of Napoleon, Coulmier was relieved of his duties.

When Napoleon came to power he ordered the arrest of the "anonymous author" of ''Justine'' and ''Juliette'' and Sade was imprisoned without trial. He was transferred to a harsher prison and two years later his family convinced the courts to put him in an insane asylum at Charenton. There the director, the Abbé de Coulmier, a Catholic Priest, had [[ValuesResonance a liberal and progressive attitude towards rehabilitation]]. Coulmier let Sade's ex-wife stay with him and allowed Sade to write and stage his plays for the public using fellow inmates. The government eventually ordered Coulmier to stop ''all'' theatrical performances and after the fall of Napoleon, Coulmier was relieved of his duties.

* ''Juliette'' (a.k.a. The Prosperities of Vice) - A sequel of sorts to ''Justine'', published six years after the first novel, the story is about Justine's sister, many ways her polar opposite. The VillainProtagonist engages in every form of depravity, up to and including murder.

When Napoleon came to power he ordered the arrest of the "anonymous author" of ''Justine'' and ''Juliette'' and Sade was imprisoned without trial. He was transferred to a harsher prison and two years later his family convinced the courts to put him in an insane asylum at Charenton. There the director, the Abbe` de Coulmier, a Catholic Priest, had [[ValuesResonance a liberal and progressive attitude towards rehabilitation]]. Coulmier let Sade's ex-wife stay with him and allowed Sade to write and stage his plays for the public using fellow inmates. The government eventually ordered Coulmier to stop ''all'' theatrical performances and after the fall of Napoleon, Coulmier was relieved of his duties.

* ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' (a.k.a. The School of Licentiousness) - One of Sade's most infamous works, about four corrupt libertine nobles (the Duc, the Bishop, The President, and the Durcet) who spend 120 sex-filled days. Written in secret while he was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1785, it was believed to have been [[MissingEpisode lost]] until it was discovered hidden in his cell over a hundred years later.

* ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' (a.k.a. The School of Licentiousness) - One of Sade's most infamous works, about four corrupt libertine nobles (the Duc, the Bishop, The President, and the Durcet) who spend 120 sex-filled days. Written in secret while he was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1785, it was believed to have been LostForever until it was discovered hidden in his cell over a hundred years later.

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After the Revolution, Sade became a citizen and gained several official offices, and eventually stood in the National Convention representing the Far-Left, as his political writings supported a property-free {{Utopia}}. This put him at odds with nearly every other French Revolutionary, which still supported some degree of property and capitalism. He was appalled by the ReignOfTerror, during which he was imprisoned for a year and nearly executed, and his home in Lacoste was ransacked by an angry mob. Upon the death of MaximilienRobespierre, he was released along with others imprisoned. However, he was broke and had to sell his Lacoste castle.

* ''Justine'' (a.k.a. The Misfortunes of Virtue) - Written in 1787-88 and published in 1791, this is one of the two novels (the other being ''Juliette'') that got Sade thrown in prison for the last thirteen years of his life by NapoleonBonaparte.

Sade's works gave rise to the word "sadism". He is a featured character in the play ''MaratSade'', as well as the main character of the movie ''{{Quills}}''.

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After the Revolution, Sade became a citizen and gained several official offices, and eventually stood in the National Convention representing the Far-Left his political writings supported a property-free {{Utopia}}. This put him at odds with nearly every other French Revolutionary, which still supported some degree of property and capitalism. He was appalled by the ReignOfTerror, during which he was imprisoned for a year and nearly executed; his home in Lacoste was ransacked by an angry mob. Upon the death of MaximilienRobespierre, he was released along with others imprisoned. However, he was broke and had to sell his Lacoste castle.

Donatien Alphonse François, the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Marquis de Sade]], was an aristocrat and member of the [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Decadent court]] of Louis XV's France. Sade wrote crude descriptions of sexual intercourse and [[BrotherSisterIncest incest]]and was banned by religious powers from using a pen.