The five stories in this collection are taken from Les Crimes de I'Amour, originally published in 1800. Sade is best known for his major sensational books, yet in his lifetime these appeared in anonymous or clandestine editions. It was while he was detained in prison and incarcerated in the asylum at Charenton that he decided to follow his 'philosophical' novel Aline et Valcour with writings more accessible to the general public. He wanted to prove he was not a mere pornographer but a moralist, like Voltaire and other contemporaries. In Crimes of Love Sade contends that love can often lead to crime, and thence to punishment.
- ISBN10 0720609577
- ISBN13 9780720609578
- Publish Date January 1996 (first published 1 August 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 January 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Peter Owen Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 136
- Language English