The Misfortunes of Virtue or Justine

The Libertine, himself. ^

Just finished reading The Marquis De Sade's Misfortunes of Virtue or Justine, and I must say the french language is beautiful, or at least it is more vibrant than german which I have been trying to learn.



Allow me to quote some memorable paragraphs here;

"You can easily imagine, " said Raphael, "how futile it would be to put up any resistance in this inaccessibile fastness to which your unlucky star has brought you. you say you have endured many misfortunes and, judging by your tale, that is quite true. Yet you will note that the greatest mishap of all for a virtuous maid is still missing from the catalogue of your misfortunes. Is it natural for a girl to be virgin at your age? And is not being so a kind of miracle which could not be prolonged indefinitely? Like you, your companions were extremely put out when they realised they had no choice but to serve our desires and, as you will wisely do, they submitted at the last when they saw that failure to do so would lead only to harsh treatment. n your present circumstances, Sophie, how can you possibly hope to defend yourself? Give a thought to how alone you are in the world. On your own admission you have neither relatives nor friends remaining. Think of your situation here in this sequested place far from help, forgotten by the outside world, in the clutches of four libertines who certainly have no wish to spare you. To whom will you turn? Will it be to the God whose help you implored with such fervour only moments since, who takes advantages of your zeal to push you a little more firmly into the trap? You must se that here is no power human of divine capable of plucking you from our grasp, nothing in the realm of physical possibilities or in the class of miracles, nothing in short which you are so proud, nothing preserving the virtue of which you are so proud, nothing which will prevent your becoming in every sense and in all conceivable ways the prey of the foul excesses which all four od us are about to indulge in at your expense. So remove your clothes, Sophie, and may your most total resignation earn our leniency which, however, if you do not submit, will be instantly replaced by the harshest treatment which will, in turn, serve only to inflame us futhuer without shielding you from our intemperance and brutal appetites."

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But my entreaties were met with scoffing, my attempts at evading him were nullified by the most barbarous counters and, once he observed that I was mastered, I was subjected to unparalleled brutality for two hours and more. He did not limit himself to the bodily parts reserved for such matters but wandered everywhere without distinction: the most contrary places, the most delicate globes, nothing escaped the fury of my tormentor whose frissons of sensuality received their impetus from the symptoms of pain upon which his hungry eyes feasted.

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I am here, to remind you that the copy of Misfortunes of Virtue I have read, is the 'tame' version... Heh.

Your deviant,
LingNemesis