T he Marquis de Sade’s rehabilitation was all but complete last month. Paris marked the 200th anniversary of the author’s death, which occurred on December 2, 1814.

“The Curse of the Marquis de Sade” is nevertheless more demure than one might expect. Warner’s narrative tracks the scroll across centuries but never really delves into its content.

The Marquis de Sade, who was born in 1740 and died in 1814, was a passionate gourmet, and especially loved baked apples and vanilla custards for dessert. He also fancied Provençal delicacies such ...

“Either kill me or take me like this, for I will not change,” wrote the imprisoned Marquis de Sade to his wife in 1783. It could only be one or the other for the most extreme author of the ...

The Marquis de Sade, one of the most infamous names in all of writing, was an 18th century French aristocrat, a man known for debauchery and evading authorities, ...

But in death, the Marquis de Sade has gone from enemy of the French state to national treasure— a transformation capped in 2014, when the scroll bearing his 120 Days of Sodom sold for $10 million.

Marquis de Sade (Donatien de Sade) was born into an aristocratic Provençal family in 1740. A sexual libertine, revolutionary politician and writer, he is best known for his scandalous works ...

The Marquis de Sade, 18th Century Pop Star / 'Quills' draws comparisons to modern rock operas. By Wesley Morris, Chronicle Movie Critic Dec 10, 2000.

Depraved: How the Marquis de Sade still reigns as the patron saint of sadomasochism on screen. As de Sade’s former chateau in Provence – now a luxury hotel – flings open its doors to offer ...

In 1995, Doug Wright wrote "Quills" for the stage and won an Obie for it. It was a brainy piece of Grand Guignol about the Marquis de Sade's stay at the Charenton insane asylum.

PARIS — Georges Bataille, in The Accursed Share, said that if the Marquis de Sade had not existed, he would have had to been invented.

T he Marquis de Sade’s rehabilitation was all but complete last month. Paris marked the 200th anniversary of the author’s death, which occurred on December 2, 1814.