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France Is Trying To Raise Millions To Buy De Sade’s Filthiest ManuscriptFebruary 23, 2021 at 9:02 AM “The French government is appealing for corporate help to acquire the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade’s notorious The 120 Days of Sodom, valued at €4.5m (£3.9m), for the National Library of France.” – The GuardianTags: Art, France, Words, Marquis de Sade, de Sade, 02.22.21 31 people like this. Like The 120 Days of Sodom: France seeks help to buy 'most impure tale ever written'February 22, 2021 at 11:21 AM Tax breaks announced for companies who pay for manuscript by the Marquis de Sade, valued at €4.5m The French government is appealing for corporate help to acquire the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade’s notorious The 120 Days of Sodom, valued at €4.5m (£3.9m), for the National Library of France. Related: ‘The most impure tale ever written’: how The 120 Days of Sodom became a ‘classic’ Continue reading...Tags: Europe, Books, France, World news, Culture, Marquis de Sade, Manuscripts and letters, National Library of France Related 48 people like this. Like Gotham’s Erin Richards Joins ABC’s Dracula Pilot The BridesMarch 11, 2020 at 1:14 PM  Tags: TV, London, Movies, Abc, New York City, Gotham, TV News, Jack, Bram Stoker, Harlem, Lily, Cleo, Richards, Dracula, Riverdale, Greg Berlanti 95 people like this. Like King of Manuscripts.February 23, 2020 at 4:30 PM David Segal has a riveting account in the NY Times of Gérard Lhéritier, once called the “king of manuscripts” but now known as “the Bernie Madoff of France.” Excerpts from the beginning:
PARIS — A letter from Frida Kahlo, signed and twice kissed with red lipstick, fetched just over $8,800. A page of scribbled calculations by Isaac Newton sold for about $21,000. A 1953 handwritten speech by John F. Kennedy took in $10,000.
“Adjugé!” said a gray-haired auctioneer, over and over, as he gaveled awa...Tags: France, Uncategorized, Paris, Linguistics, John F Kennedy, Isaac Newton, Times, Esquire, Frida Kahlo, Marquis de Sade, Bernie Madoff, David Segal, Aristophil, NY Times of Gérard Lhéritier, Lhéritier, Joel Warner 20 people like this. Like May 28 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD ReleasesMay 28, 2019 at 6:48 PM  Tags: England, TV, New York, Movies, Colorado, Horror, Digital, Earth, Chicago, TV News, New Orleans, BAFTA, North Carolina, Dvd, Jack Lemmon, Oslo 77 people like this. Like Hunter S. Thompson’s Ballsy Job Application Letter (1958)May 16, 2019 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Google, Yahoo, College, Life, New York City, Los Angeles, Literature, Time Magazine, Hunter S Thompson, Air Force, Keith Richards, British Columbia, Columbia, Thompson, Hunter, Facebook Twitter 134 people like this. Like What Does “Machiavellian” Really Mean?: An Animated LessonApril 9, 2019 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Google, Politics, College, Philosophy, Shakespeare, Aristotle, Facebook Twitter, Machiavelli, Josh Jones, Salman Rushdie, Marquis de Sade, Niccolo Machiavelli, Kissinger, Durham NC Follow, Leopold von Sacher Masoch, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 115 people like this. Like The British Library Digitizes Its Collection of Obscene Books (1658-1940)February 28, 2019 at 4:00 AM  Tags: Google, Books, College, Smithsonian, Literature, Smith, British Library, Oscar Wilde, Gale, Facebook Twitter, Pamela, Richardson, Henry Fielding, Justine, Voltaire, Josh Jones 119 people like this. Like "Romantic love and the longing for God are closely intertwined in our music and literature, in our theology, and, beneath all that, in our souls."September 3, 2018 at 10:08 AM Writes Kevin D. Williamson in "The Psalmist and the Sex Doll" (National Review). The "psalmist" is Leonard Cohen, and the essay begins with a discussion of the song "Hallelujah." As for the "sex doll," he's writing about the new brothels (in Toronto) where men pay to have sex with realistic looking/seeming dolls.The sterility of the act in question is not merely biological. Regulation of that act is not entirely beside the point, but it is not really the point itself, either. Imagine, if you can...Tags: Same-sex Marriage, Marriage, Law, Prostitution, Religion, Toronto, Robots, Masturbation, Dolls, Leonard Cohen, Prayer, Marquis de Sade, Kevin D. Williamson, Ann Althouse, de Sade, Sex Tools 29 people like this. Like Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)August 8, 2018 at 7:00 AM In 1949, George Orwell received a curious letter from his former high school French teacher.
Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews from just about every corner of the English-speaking world. His French teacher, as it happens, was none other than Aldous Huxley who taught at Eton for a spell before writing Brave New World (1931), the other great 20th century dystopian novel.
Huxley starts off the letter praising the book, describin...Tags: Google, Yahoo, College, Los Angeles, George Orwell, Literature, Sci Fi, Soma, Orwell, Freud, Oceania, Eton, Facebook Twitter, Hollywood Reporter, Mike Wallace, Marquis de Sade 6 people like this. Like Uncomfortably Serious and Disarmingly Fun: The Irreplaceable Matt MarksMay 16, 2018 at 1:01 PM [Ed note: On May 11, 2018, the composer, performer, and new music organizer Matt Marks, 38, died unexpectedly in St. Louis. Testimonials from friends and colleagues sharing reflections on his humor, candor, and inspiring work as a music maker have poured in across social media where Matt was a vibrant, pull-no-punches presence. Perhaps illustrating the far reach of his impact, many of these messages were prefaced with variations of “I only met him IRL once, but our friendship here meant so much ...Tags: Headlines, New York, London, California, Religion, San Francisco, Social Media, Brooklyn, Amsterdam, Broadway, Mia, St Louis, Cma, Baltimore, Usc, Memorials 15 people like this. Like Meatspace: ‘The Nether’ at Washington Ensemble Theatre, a harrowing trip through the dark web, includes a trigger warningMay 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM  Tags: News, Entertainment, Theater, Local News, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Marquis de Sade, Jennifer Haley 90 people like this. Like Limerick-Off Award (296)April 28, 2018 at 11:38 PM It’s time to announce the latest Limerick-Off winners based on submissions (on this blog and on Facebook) in the last Limerick-Off.
Congratulations to KONRAD SCHWOERKE, who wins the Limerick-Off Award for this funny limerick:
I research old age and disease,
But it’s grim, so I joke and I tease.
My new study’s complex;
It involves lots of sex-
Agenarian interviewees.
Congratulations to DAVE JOHNSON, who wins the Special EGO-Themed Limerick Award for this clever ACROSTIC limerick:
There’s nobody...Tags: Facebook, Obama, Paris, Humor, Hilton, Contests, Sigmund Freud, Limerick, Nellie, ESS, Marquis de Sade, Dave Johnson, Tony Holmes, Limericks, Limerick Award Winners, Limerick Competition 8 people like this. Like The Antiquarian Book Dealer Who Became 'France's Bernie Madoff'March 29, 2018 at 4:03 PM  Tags: Art, France, People, Esquire, Marquis de Sade, Bernie Madoff, 03.27.18, Gérard Lhéritier 121 people like this. Like George Orwell Reviews Salvador Dali’s Autobiography: “Dali is a Good Draughtsman and a Disgusting Human Being” (1944)January 23, 2018 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Google, Art, College, America, Spain, George Orwell, Franco, Gazprom, Salvador Dalí, Shakespeare, Orwell, Jones, Tolstoy, Noam Chomsky, Facebook Twitter, Dali 123 people like this. Like sade-manuscriptDecember 22, 2017 at 3:00 AM  Tags: News, Visual Arts, Paris, Marquis de Sade, Nation & World 119 people like this. Like Halting Auction, France Designates Marquis de Sade Manuscript a ‘National Treasure’December 19, 2017 at 7:33 PM The designation blocks, for now, any sale of “120 Days of Sodom,” one of the aristocrat’s most notorious works, to a foreign buyer.Tags: News, France, Auctions, Marquis de Sade, Books and Literature, Manuscripts 4 people like this. Like Marquis de Sade text named French treasure, auction canceledDecember 19, 2017 at 12:00 PM PARIS (AP) — An original manuscript for the Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom" has been withdrawn from a Paris auction after the French government declared it a "national treasure" and banned its export.Auction house Aguttes... [Author: [email protected]]Tags: Business, Ap, Paris, Marquis de Sade 49 people like this. Like 120 Days de Sodom made national treasure by French governmentDecember 18, 2017 at 1:11 PM Officials order that the 18th century erotic masterpiece by the Marquis de Sade be withdrawn from auction in ParisThe French government has stepped in to declare Marquis de Sade’s manuscript, 120 Days of Sodom, a national treasure as it was about to be sold at auction in Paris.Officials ordered that the 18th-century erotic masterpiece be withdrawn from the sale, along with André Breton’s Surrealist Manifestos, banning their export from France, the Aguttes auction house said. Continue reading...Tags: Europe, Business, France, World news, Paris, Bernard Madoff, Marquis de Sade, André Breton 6 people like this. Like A Digital Archive of 1,800+ Children’s Books from UCLANovember 22, 2017 at 10:00 AM  Tags: Google, Books, College, K-12, University of Florida, Mark Twain, Ucla, Facebook Twitter, Pamela, Henry Fielding, Louisa May Alcott, Josh Jones, Marquis de Sade, Durham NC Follow, Historical Children 's Books All Digitized, Samuel Richardson 51 people like this. Like On Chris Krau's Parasocial Relationship with Kathy AckerNovember 15, 2017 at 3:30 AM  Tags: Music, New York, London, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris, Literature, Biography, Andy Warhol, Seattle, Dick, Jesus Christ, Andy, Megan Volpert, Don Quixote, Bret Easton Ellis 129 people like this. Like Another day, another mass shooting in America: LettersNovember 7, 2017 at 9:10 PM Once again, our leadership in Washington offers their condolences to the families and friends of the victims of a shooter with an assault weapon in Texas. Though there were cries of banning assault and automatic weapons after the Las Vegas shooting, once again nothing was done by our men and women in Washington. What hypocrites our representatives and senators are!
— Jean Strauber, Encino
Every right to kneel
Re “First Amendment applies to both sides of argument” (Letters, Nov. 3):
Sorry, but I...Tags: England, Hollywood, Texas, Opinion, Washington, France, America, Sport, Fbi, Soccer, Chile, Harvey Weinstein, Korea, Marine Corps, Associated Press, Las Vegas 32 people like this. Like 10 essential books for writersAugust 11, 2017 at 12:50 PM  Tags: Books, UK, Greece, Writing, Punctuation, Stephen King, Paris, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K Le Guin, Herald, Orwell, Dante, Books For Writers, Proust 147 people like this. Like Watch Trailer for Jess Franco Inspired Psychodrama S&M: Les SadiquesApril 7, 2017 at 10:21 PM  Tags: Movies, Horror, Berlin, Franco, Sandra, Corrado, Marquis de Sade, Daniel White, ComingSoon, Jess Franco, Eugenie De Sade, S&M: Les Sadiques, Les Sadiques, Alex Bakshaev, Soledad Miranda, Sandra Bourdonnec 115 people like this. Like travel rules you should always breakFebruary 17, 2017 at 12:00 PM  Tags: Travel, Traveling, Nepal, Denmark, Geneva, Guatemala, Cleveland, All, Traveler, Marquis de Sade, Bullocks, Travel Rules, Norman Toth 143 people like this. Like The Two Quests Of John de St. JorreFebruary 10, 2017 at 11:10 PM  Tags: London, News, Paris, New Yorker, Huffington Post, Linder, Edith, Josephine, Marquis de Sade, Olympia Press, American Library, Secret Intelligence Service, Mary Duncan, John de St Jorre, St Jorre, St Dominics 52 people like this. Like Translating Sade’s Obscenities.November 27, 2016 at 7:55 PM Will McMorran’s piece on translating the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom for Penguin might have been written with LH in mind. He calls it “a uniquely disturbing work”:
And therefore uniquely challenging to translate. Perhaps this was the reason no one had attempted a new translation since the one first published by Austryn Wainhouse in 1954 (and revised with Richard Seaver in 1966). In any case, Thomas Wynn and I felt a new version was long overdue, and, much to our surprise, Penguin Cl...Tags: Uncategorized, Linguistics, Penguin, Tudor, Marquis de Sade, Sade 28 people like this. Like CS Interview: Zach Galligan Talks Waxwork Blu-ray & Gremlins 2October 24, 2016 at 11:25 AM  Tags: Hollywood, Movies, Horror, La, Christopher Lee, United Kingdom, James Bond, Beverly Hills, Bill Murray, Drew Barrymore, Errol Flynn, Donald Trump, David Warner, MGM, Anthony, Bruce Campbell 66 people like this. Like Restrained and Twisted - Etat Libre d'Orange's Attaquer Le SoleilOctober 17, 2016 at 1:11 PM  Tags: Fashion, Marquis de Sade 139 people like this. Like Exclusive Waxwork Blu-ray Clip Features the Marquis de SadeOctober 15, 2016 at 6:37 AM  Tags: Movies, Lionsgate, Horror, Exclusive, Dvd, Sarah, Marquis de Sade, ComingSoon, Movie News, Blu-Ray Releases 110 people like this. Like |
