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Kbh. 1965 160 s. 2. opl. Biilmann og Eriksen
Description
Justine, aged twelve sets off to make her way in France. The book follows her until age 26, in her quest for virtue. She is presented with sexual lessons, hidden under a virtuous mask. The unfortunate situations include: the time when she seeks refuge and confession in a monastery, but is forced to become a sex-slave to the monks, who subject her to countless orgies, rapes, and similar rigours.
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Sade
Justine and Juliette were sisters and the daughters of a banker who died and left them in bankrupcy, they were thrown out of the nunery were they were staying, Juliette did well working as prostitute and Justine went to work with an usurer who ask her to steal for him, when she said no, the usurer
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acused her of a thef she didn't commit, she managed to escape jail but that was just the begining of her pains Show Less
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LibraryThing member paradoxosalpha
Gilles Deleuze in Coldness and Cruelty insists that sadism (as inaugurated by de Sade) is at root the carnal application of critical inquiry. De Sade's first novel Justine does apply a vigorously destructive analysis to received notions of morality, demonstrated through the maltreatment of the
It's hard to tell in Justine whether the story is just window dressing for the philosophical lectures, or whether the lectures (delivered by the manifold abuser characters) are just another method of inflicting the suffering that is central to the plot and its protagonist. It works, in either case. "Virtue is its own reward," indeed!
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virtuous Justine herself. It's hard to tell in Justine whether the story is just window dressing for the philosophical lectures, or whether the lectures (delivered by the manifold abuser characters) are just another method of inflicting the suffering that is central to the plot and its protagonist. It works, in either case. "Virtue is its own reward," indeed!
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LibraryThing member Joybee
I actually enjoyed this book. However it is not for the easily offended, or squeamish. Justine and Juliette are orphaned sisters. They were raised, in a rich family, to be good virtuous girls and had no skills. When orphaned at 12 and 15, with no money, the girls went their separate ways, Justine
This book is mostly about Justine's struggles trying to make her way through life where everything seems to be against her. There is a lot of sexual abuse, and rape and horrific sadism. Justine goes through a lot and just when you think her life is going to get better, misfortune awaits. The moral of the story is "that true happiness is to be found nowhere but in Virtue's womb, and that if, in keeping with designs it is not for us to fathom, God permits that it be persecuted on Earth, it is so that Virtue may be compensated by Heaven's most dazzling rewards."
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to be virtuous and seek people's kindness, and Juliette to 'surrender herself to libertinage'. This book is mostly about Justine's struggles trying to make her way through life where everything seems to be against her. There is a lot of sexual abuse, and rape and horrific sadism. Justine goes through a lot and just when you think her life is going to get better, misfortune awaits. The moral of the story is "that true happiness is to be found nowhere but in Virtue's womb, and that if, in keeping with designs it is not for us to fathom, God permits that it be persecuted on Earth, it is so that Virtue may be compensated by Heaven's most dazzling rewards."
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LibraryThing member AlCracka
Here we go! (Again. I quit the first time because some of this stuff is - spoiler alert - rather unpleasant.)
LibraryThing member sarah_rubyred
I did get confused over who was listening at what time and to whom. This is the story of a young orphan whose inheritance was lost. Although everyone keeps telling her to sell her body or to become a bad person as then the money will come, she is determined to live a pious life, ultimately meaning
I do believe it is possible to live a happy life, whilst being 'good', without having to prostrate myself in front of every rich (and obviously evil) man or woman I come across, begging they listen to my story as I have no skills, and will not spend the time to learn any either. I just want your charity thank you.
Interesting, but the young heroine is no heroine of mine.
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she has to suffer horrific sexual and physical abuse anyway.I do believe it is possible to live a happy life, whilst being 'good', without having to prostrate myself in front of every rich (and obviously evil) man or woman I come across, begging they listen to my story as I have no skills, and will not spend the time to learn any either. I just want your charity thank you.
Interesting, but the young heroine is no heroine of mine.
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LibraryThing member TerryDerby
I confess I am a fan of the Marquis de Sade but although I still admire the style presented here I couldn't connect with the content as much as his other work. An interesting concept but one that ultimately is flawed.
LibraryThing member AliceAnna
Very, very preachy. No good deed goes unpunished being the moral of the story. That she was given even a modicum of comfort at the end seemed to negate his entire premise. Way too wordy to be erotic and way too sadistic to be interesting. A very tiresome book.
LibraryThing member paradoxosalpha
Gilles Deleuze in Coldness and Cruelty insists that sadism (as inaugurated by de Sade) is at root the carnal application of critical inquiry. De Sade's first novel Justine does apply a vigorously destructive analysis to received notions of morality, demonstrated through the maltreatment of the
It's hard to tell in Justine whether the story is just window dressing for the philosophical lectures, or whether the lectures (delivered by the manifold abuser characters) are just another method of inflicting the suffering that is central to the plot and its protagonist. It works, in either case. "Virtue is its own reward," indeed!
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virtuous Justine herself. It's hard to tell in Justine whether the story is just window dressing for the philosophical lectures, or whether the lectures (delivered by the manifold abuser characters) are just another method of inflicting the suffering that is central to the plot and its protagonist. It works, in either case. "Virtue is its own reward," indeed!
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LibraryThing member killerX
One can only imagine De Sade cackling madly as he penned this hilarious and maybe even unintentional send-up of the self-righteous whiner. Narrated by Justine, a selfish, perpetually-stupid, "virtuous" princess-type who is shocked to find out that her beloved God is not her own personal Santa
Mostly loved it, tired of it before the lame ending.
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Claus, the book is rife with rants on the place of vice over virtue - some of which actually make some good points.Mostly loved it, tired of it before the lame ending.
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LibraryThing member varielle
Read out of curiosity, I'm still pondering the writer's purpose. The vehicle of the abused, virtuous and foolish Justine seems to be merely to put forth his opinions on religion and philosophy of life. Mild by today's standards, this is a relic of its time.
LibraryThing member ennuiprayer
Great book, but i really don't care for translations.
Let's see, something I took from this book:
Believe in God and a bunch of people are going to rape you, take advantage of you, tie you to a tree and let the dogs get you, while your sister becomes a whore and marries a rich guy and gets all the
But, hey, at least you go to heaven in the end...
Let's see, something I took from this book:
Believe in God and a bunch of people are going to rape you, take advantage of you, tie you to a tree and let the dogs get you, while your sister becomes a whore and marries a rich guy and gets all the
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wonders in the world, while everyone who's fucked you over got rich and became successful.But, hey, at least you go to heaven in the end...
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1791
Physical description
160 p.; 17 cm
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser en munk, der er ved at piske en kvinde på hendes nøgne bagdel
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Les infortunes de la vertu" af Kamma Albrechtsen
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Flagermusbog, bind 1
Ikke at finde på Gutenberg, Gutenberg Australia eller Gutenberg, Canada, men teksten kan findes her:
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.43613/2015.43613.Justine_djvu.txt
Omslaget viser en munk, der er ved at piske en kvinde på hendes nøgne bagdel
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Les infortunes de la vertu" af Kamma Albrechtsen
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Flagermusbog, bind 1
Ikke at finde på Gutenberg, Gutenberg Australia eller Gutenberg, Canada, men teksten kan findes her:
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.43613/2015.43613.Justine_djvu.txt
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Pages
160
DDC/MDS
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