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Author | Octave Mirbeau |
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Original title | Le Jardin des supplices |
Language | French |
Genre | Decadent novel |
Publisher | Fasquelle |
Publication date | 1899 |
Publication place | France |
The Torture Garden (French: Le Jardin des supplices) is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, and was first published in 1899 during the Dreyfus affair. The novel is dedicated: "To the priests, the soldiers, the judges, to those people who educate, instruct and govern men, I dedicate these pages of Murder and Blood."