【萨德】The Crimes of Love [牛津版]

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1、’THECRIMESOFLOVED-A-F,MS,wasborninParisinintoanoldpatricianfamily.HewaseducatedattheJesuitcollegeofLouis-le-GrandandatmilitaryschoolatVersailles.TheendoftheSevenYearsWarindashedhishopesofamilitarycareer,andthatsameyearhereluctantlymad

2、ethegoodmatchhisimpoverishedfatherforcedonhimbymarryingRenée-PélagiedeMontreuil,daughterofarecentlyennobledbutwealthylawyer.Serioussexualmisdemeanoursbroughthimtotheattentionofthepoliceandhewasjailedtwiceforhisexcesses.In,forattemptedmurderandsodomy,hewassentencedtodeathandhiseffigywasburned

3、inhisabsence.In,afteryearsspentinnotuncomfortablehiding,mainlyathischateauatLaCostenearAvignon,hewasjailedandnotreleaseduntil.Duringhisprisonyearsstudywashistherapyandwritinghissalvation.Itwasnowthathedevelopedacoherentsystemofatheisticalmaterialismandwroteplays,novels,andthestoriesofL

4、esCrimesdel’amour(TheCrimesofLove),whichhepublishedin.Inthes,havingnolovefortheancienrégimewhichhaddeprivedhimofhisfreedom,heplayedaminorroleintherevolution.Jailedasapolit-icalmoderate,heescapedtheguillotineinJulybyanadminis-trativeaccident.Describinghimselfas‘amanofletters’,hetrie

5、dtomakealivingfromthenovels(Justine,;AlineetValcour,;LaNouvelleJustineandL’HistoiredeJuliette,both)whichjustifiedtheirobscenitiesbyreferencetoacomprehensivesystemofsexualrealpolitik.InhewasjailedastheauthorofJustine,andinwastransferredtothelunaticasylumatCharenton,diag-nosed

6、assufferingfrom‘libertinedementia’.Hecontinuedtowriteandevenhelpedtostageplaysfortheinmates.Hisapplicationsforreleasewereconsistentlyrejected,andheremainedacaptiveuntilhisdeathinDecember.Againsthiswishes,hewasgivenaChristianfuneral,butwasburiedinanunmarkedgrave.DCistheauthorofstudi

7、esofMarivaux,MargueriteDuras,MarcelPagnol,andRestifdelaBretonne,andofaHistoryofFrenchLiterature.ForOxfordWorld’sClassicshehaseditedeightnovelsbyAlexandreDumaspèreandtranslatedDumasfils’sLaDameauxcamélias,twoselectionsofMaupassantshortsto