Justine - Marquis de Sade

Justine (1787) By Marquis de Sade (1740 - 1814) Whereas Juliette was Sade's dear baby doll, Justine was the dummy in which he stuck all his needles. She chooses the "right path" which is for Sade the wrong thing to do in a corrupt world. He calls his novel(la) Justine OR Good Conduct Well Chastised, and in it the heroine refuses to become a sinner, so everybody takes advantage of her. Of course, now you think you know how the book will end, but ...
...is that although JULIETTE and JUSTINE have the same ending, yet in each book it is told from a different point of view to suit the purpose of becoming either a happy or a tragic ending story. Needless to say, this is definitely both a smart and a cruel strategy on the part of Sade who gives you an ending to sympathize with in JUSTINE, then snatches it from you devilishly in JULIETTE, and, obviously, the clever reader should choose to believe the ...

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