120 Days of Sodom

Written in 1785 while Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, this novel tells the story of four wealthy men who lock themselves in a castle with various accomplices and victims.

The narrative involves detailed descriptions of sexual perversions, torture, and murder, serving as a catalogue of sexual deviations and a critique of societal structures.

The manuscript was lost during the French Revolution but was later rediscovered and published in 1904.