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Justine

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

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Transgressive classic

A highly disturbing look into the extremes of materialistic atheism and moral relativism. Darkly humerous in its depiction of Justines naivety and over the top villains and tortures. Certainly not for the faint of heart or easily offended.

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Don’t bother

No idea why anyone would think this was good writing. All the bad guys are the same and boring. So boring. After the disgust and violence it’s just an incredibly boring story. Could have been told as a 2000 word fable.

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