Download or read book The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales written by Marquis de Sade and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered by Enlightenment and Victorian thinkers, de Sade was recognized as a founding father by the Surrealists, and holds a prominent place in the history of modernism and post-modernism. This selection of his early writings, some appearing in English translation for the first time, revealsthe full range of his sobering moods and considerable talents.