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Author | The Marquis de Sade |
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Original title | L'Histoire de Juliette, ou les Prospérités du vice |
Language | French |
Genre | Libertine, philosophical novel |
Publication date | 1797 |
Publication place | France |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Preceded by | La Nouvelle Justine |
Followed by | The Crimes of Love (1800) |
Juliette, or Vice Amply Rewarded (French: L'Histoire de Juliette ou les Prospérités du vice) is a novel written by the Marquis de Sade and published 1797–1801, accompanying de Sade's 1797 version of his novel Justine. While Justine, Juliette's sister, was a virtuous woman who consequently encountered nothing but despair and abuse, Juliette is an amoral nymphomaniac murderer who is successful and happy. As many other of his works, Juliette follows a pattern of violently pornographic scenes followed by long treatises on a broad range of philosophical topics, including theology, morality, aesthetics, naturalism and also Sade's dark, fatalistic view of world metaphysics.