Juliette ¦ Marquis De Sade ¦ Review

My 2021 review of Juliette by the Marquis De Sade.

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[iestynovich]

Fascinating. You're a true critic - you take the subject seriously, and treat criticism creatively. It never occurred to me to read Sade. Might have to now...

[joshuaortiz]

I'm sure that everything you mentioned about Sade, his use of humor, the way he addressed philosophy, sexuality, and overall taboos is why Angela Carter was so into his work. one can see how those two particular creative views/perceptions of people and art intersect, and how Carter's form of transgression picks up on where Sade left off for his time. just my thoughts, tho!

Sade is very hit or miss for me, particularly because of how repetitive he can get. but I don't think that takes away from what he's bringing to the table! he's a must read for anyone interested in philosophy, morality, human sexuality and taboos.

[mwbright]

His best book. Fantastic. Really funny too. Plus, it explicitly spells out his politics. His characters are just hysterical.

His gross parts, I think were in there to keep religious cranks from reading his philosophy which might actually empower them. But even that's part of his theatrics.

He was a genius. I don't think his sadism was real. I think he's up there with Shakespeare.

[thayermanns]

The most exciting thing I've ever read.

[hillevii]

I wish more people watched your videos. I enjoy this channel very much; keep up the great work!

[nola]

Never heard of this book but you just convinced me to read it! Great review as always 😍👏🏼❤️.

[mynameissiddharth]

The English writer Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) published a very well known novel called "Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded" in 1740. Sade's "Justine; or, The Misfortunes of Virtue" may be considered a reaction to, or rather, a rejection of Richardson's novel as the themes of the two works are in contrast to one another.

[rodrigovalerosancho]

Justine, Juliette, The Philosophy of the Bedroom and The 120 Days of Sodome are Sade’s explicit and brutal works, as abundant in pornography and torture as in nihilist philosophy. His other works are average tragedies for the time. For me Justine and Philosophy of the Bedroom are the best start for every beginner, since Juliette is very long and Sodome incomplete. Pasolini’s Salo and perhaps Marquis by Roland Topor are the two best cinematic adaptations of Sade’s work.

[GIO-zqss]

Such a great video! I bought a hardcover of the book and wanted a sign to read it… this is my sign

[amandacole]

I came for the gothic horror recommendations but stayed for this video 😂 not many people are out there reviewing Sade. I have Justine and 120 Days Of Sodom but haven't had the guts to read them yet. Looks like I should buy a copy of this too and put it in my tbr. Great videos! I subscribed 👍

[hidof]

Juliette is very assertive
Looks like Marquis De Sade was a progressive guy

[dvrkpijo]

Just finnished it an hour ago! I was clickbaited to read it since I was expecting a lot of violence, torture and murder, since I already read Justine and 120 days in Sodom, but got tricked into a philosophy and anthropology study on human behaviour and laws of nature that got me very veeery pleased. One thing that I find interesting is at chosing partners, Noircieul tells from the beggining that he doesn't love Juliette and neither should she be tricked by that and she has to follow her own greed and acknowledge companionship once the ones who are around her are adding value to her own purposes. Also it covers the topic of life and death beautifully in a way that death is just us getting back to nature and takes out all the symbolism and romanticism behind any religious credo might have make us believe in first place. I also liked the point on the difference among what he calls the laws of nature and the laws of men I always feel that I am breaking the Matrix when reading Sade 🚀

[mynameissiddharth]

If you think "The 120 Days of Sodom" is the most gruesome book ever written, try to get a copy of Samuel R. Delany's "Hogg". Im sure your opinion will change after you read Delany's novel.

[bernardogonzalez]

Nice video!
How did you like the translation, by the by?

[TIMTV]

"You shouldn't take Sade too serious."

That's an understatement. One thing I learned from Sade is that he was very sarcastic and manic a lot of times. Hence the over exaggeration. Whenever he disliked something, be in an idea, or an act, or a political point, he'd grossly exaggerate it to the ridiculous, but when discussing his own philosophy or things he enjoyed, he would be matter-of-fact about it. His evil characters were obscenely evil and his nice characters were just "nice"

I really enjoyed 120 days, because I felt it very funny at multiple points. The bad guys were terrible and the good ones were innocent fodder. All to feed a point about power and politics that, for the modern day audience, would still resonate in light of the Epstein Island issue, among other notorious human trafficking violations.

And after reading it, and Sades other works, I could see the two types of people who either accepted or ignored to various degrees that heinous evil like that exists in the world, but nobody can deny that it exists.

And more to the point, and to sum this all up, Sade presents a compelling argument for his nihilistic beliefs. I can understand why, knowing what Sade knew, and how he presents his perspective, that he would think as he does. And he doesn't seem irrational. Even if you don't agree with Sade, none can deny the aspects of existence which he focuses on, and I feel like I'm better off having read his library because it presented a lot of challenges to my own beliefs and how I view the world.

Communication understandable between a 17th century Frenchman and a 21st century American. Both looking at evil like "yeah, bro...that's fucked." "Right?"

[frankmorlock]

Nice work. I've read Justine but not Juliette. It's interesting from a philosophical point of view to look at the way the major French Philosophes regarded Nature. Voltaire regarded it has a basically well ordered rational universe presided over by a benign deity. (After the Lisbon earthquake he wasn't so sure.) Rousseau thought that Nature was good, and that society corrupted man So he advocated a return to Nature. Diderot saw Nature as ruled by indeterminacy, and unlike Voltaire, he reveled in it. And then along came De Sade who turned all this on its head. Nature, de Sade agreed, has to be followed, and to do something contrary to Nature is both foolish, unnatural and wrong. But Nature is evil. (At least as the word "evil" is used in common parlance .) Morality goes against Nature, and rewards "virtue" which is a denial of reality. Therefore, being "unnatural" Morality is "evil" and those who follow it are either fools or hiding their evil deeds behind it. Q.E.D.

[trancerelife]

I personally prefer Juliette over 120 days of Sodom, which, to me, was far more repetative, maybe because the setting was in one particular place.

[nowlove-vyxq]

Is there a translation available in Arabic?

[jjmboston]

"getting a rise out of people"..."at times it was pretty hard going..." You couldn't have put it better Joshua LOL I have a copy somewhere of DeSade's "20 Days Of Sodom". I've never read it. Do you think Thackery's Becky Sharpe was influenced by Juliette?

[dennisnelson]

There's no one who comes close to De Sade when it comes to depravity, I mean just compare Juliette to that joke fifty shades, which I find risible how people can be shocked by it, imagine if they read De Sade, they'd probably have a heart attack.Personally I've never understood how someone can be shocked by literature.120 Days is the funniest book I've ever read.