Justine, Or, the Misfortunes of Virtue (Paperback)

from varielle

Read out of curiosity, I'm still pondering the writer's purpose. The vehicle of the abused, virtuous and foolish Justine seems to be merely to put forth his opinions on religion and philosophy of life. Mild by today's standards, this is a relic of its time.

from killerX

One can only imagine De Sade cackling madly as he penned this hilarious and maybe even unintentional send-up of the self-righteous whiner. Narrated by Justine, a selfish, perpetually-stupid, "virtuous" princess-type who is shocked to find out that her beloved God is not her own personal Santa Cla...

from TerryDerby

I confess I am a fan of the Marquis de Sade but although I still admire the style presented here I couldn't connect with the content as much as his other work. An interesting concept but one that ultimately is flawed.

from AliceAnna

Very, very preachy. No good deed goes unpunished being the moral of the story. That she was given even a modicum of comfort at the end seemed to negate his entire premise. Way too wordy to be erotic and way too sadistic to be interesting. A very tiresome book.

from AlCracka

Here we go! (Again. I quit the first time because some of this stuff is - spoiler alert - rather unpleasant.)