This book aims to situate the much-ignored public Marquis de Sade, author of eleven stories collected into four volumes under the title Les Crimes de l amour (1800), vis-a-vis the better-known Marquis de Sade, author of various anonymous works privileged by contemporary critics. Who is this author who after the success of all his clandestine works cast aside the cloak of anonymity to offer the public a collection of short fiction? This book explores how Les Crimes de l amour provides a key to better understanding Sade s prose in both its public and its clandestine guise. More...