Sade, Marquis De - The 120 Days Of Sodom 1 — Pro & Limited

: Sade wrote the work in minute handwriting on a single, continuous scroll of paper 12 meters long and 11 centimeters wide, which he hid in a crack in his prison wall.

: Sade posits a materialist view of nature where the only drivers are survival and pleasure at any cost. He challenges Enlightenment values of virtue by suggesting that true "freedom" requires the total rejection of ethical limits. Sade, Marquis De - The 120 Days Of Sodom 1

: Reflecting a parody of the scientific method and the encyclopedias of his time, the novel meticulously orders and numbers every act of depravity. : Sade wrote the work in minute handwriting

: The manuscript survived and was eventually published in a restricted edition in 1904 by sexologist Iwan Bloch . It was not until the 1960s that the book became more widely available in commercial editions like those from Grove Press. Narrative Structure and Summary : Reflecting a parody of the scientific method