The 120 Days of Sodom

By Marquis de Sade

The 120 Days of Sodom - Marquis de Sade
  • Release Date: 2010-01-01
  • Genre: Erotica
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Description

The 120 Days of Sodom or the School of Licentiousness (Les 120 journées de Sodome ou l'école du libertinage) is a book written by the French writer Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade in 1785. It relates the story of four wealthy men who enslave 46 mostly teenaged victims and sexually torture and kill them while listening to stories told by old prostitutes.

The book was not published until 1905. Originally written in French, it was translated into many languages, including English, Japanese and German. Due to its extreme sexual and violent nature, the book remained banned in many countries for a long time.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.