<p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Written in his Bastille cell in the years between&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">120 Days of Sodom</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Justine</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">, this is the first English translation of Marquis de Sade's collection of short works,&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Stories, Tales, and Fables</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">.</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Essential reading for all Sade devotees,&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Stories, Tales, and Fables</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;is an introduction for those who are not yet familiar with the work of this controversial French literary innovator. The short works in this collection range from the dramatic novella, </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Dorci</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">, to comic tales such as The Duped Judge. Whether he is writing bawdy, exuberant comedies, supernatural tales, or human tragedies, Sade is essentially a moralist, and his exploration of the darker side of human nature remains as relevant to our society as it was to his own.</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Psychologically perceptive and defiantly unconventional,&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Stories, Tales, and Fables</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;reveals the compelling force of Sade's narrative powers. An accomplished and artful fiction writer, Sade, like all great writers, asks penetrating questions about society, life, and humanity. This collection also includes a selection of Sade's non-fiction, ranging from his insightful survey of the novelist's art, Some Thoughts on the Novel, to his Last Will and Testament, as well as several essays about Sade's work by renowned authors including Apollinaire, Heinrich Heine, André Masson, Anatole France, and Paul Ėluard.</span></p><p></p>