Justine, or, The misfortunes of virtue /

Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 (Author)
Other Authors: Phillips, John, 1950- (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Oxford world's classics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock.
Item Description:Translated from the French.
Previously issued in print: 2012.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xliv, 273 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191923333 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/owc/9780199572847.001.0001