{"title":"Marquis de Sade","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-120-days-of-sodom-paperback","title":"The 120 Days of Sodom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary, and writer of philosophy-laden, and often, violent pornography. He was a philosopher of extreme freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion or law, with the pursuit of personal pleasure being the highest principle. There is perhaps no more infamous figure in all of literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 120 Days of Sodom\u003c\/em\u003e is an unfinished novel written in 1785 and published in 1904 after its manuscript was rediscovered. Described as both pornographic\u003csup\u003e]\u003c\/sup\u003e and erotic, its plot revolves around the activities of four wealthy, male libertines who, in the four months of one winter, attempt to seek out the ultimate sexual gratification through orgies, sealing themselves away in an inaccessible castle in the heart of the Black Forest in Germany with a harem of thirty-six victims, mostly male and female teenagers.\u003csup\u003e[5]\u003c\/sup\u003e During this, they engage four female brothel keepers to tell the stories of their lives and adventures; the crimes and tortures in the women's narratives inspire the libertines to similarly abuse and torture their victims, which gradually intensifies, increases in violence, and ends in their slaughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101153956063,"sku":"9781773238968","price":15.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/GlObgc-M619781773238968.webp?v=1781068369"},{"product_id":"the-120-days-of-sodom-hardcover","title":"The 120 Days of Sodom - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade relates the story of four wealthy men who enslave 24 mostly teenaged victims and sexually torture them while listening to stories told by old prostitutes.\u003c\/strong\u003e The book was written while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille and the manuscript was lost during the storming of the Bastille. Sade wrote that he \"wept tears of blood\" over the manuscript's loss. Many consider this to be Sade crowing acheivment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101581807839,"sku":"9781515435839","price":51.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/2wrRHZYvCa9781515435839.webp?v=1781071765"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/marquis-de-sade.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}