Pardon My French: The Marquis de Sade
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Story of a Bookish Child
Sod lived at his uncle's chateau, and it was in this place that he found his true source of solace. Novels and philosophy and history were like crack to this kid. Words and ideas provided a temporary escape from his emotional isolation. The adolescent sad spent so much time in his uncle's library that he could find specific volumes with his eyes closed. As an adult, he mockingly referred to the abbe's house as a bordello or a hore house.
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