{"product_id":"the-marquise-de-gange-9780198848288","title":"The Marquise de Gange","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'It is time to die, Madame: there shall be no mercy for you..!'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was one of the most shocking crimes of the seventeenth century, and would provide Sade with the inspiration for the last novel he published. The beautiful and virtuous Euphrasie, admired by the King himself, falls in love with the young and handsome Alphonse, Marquis de Gange. Within the forbidding walls of his castle in Provence, however, sinister forces are conspiring against the young couple. Alphonse's brothers, the Abbé and the Chevalier, want Euphrasie for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in English for the first time, \u003cem\u003eThe Marquise de Gange\u003c\/em\u003e is a neglected Gothic classic by one of the most notorious authors in the literary canon. Although a departure from his earlier pornographic and libertine works, beneath the novel's thin veneer of respectability lurks the same subversive presence of an author plotting against virtue in distress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarquis de Sade \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Will McMorran is a Reader in French \u0026amp; Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London. His translation of Sade's \u003cem\u003eThe 120 Days of Sodom\u003c\/em\u003e with Thomas Wynn was awarded the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51176304771346,"sku":"9780198848288","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_515ef372-93de-4ae3-af3b-8de0b262e419.jpg?v=1744298616","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-marquise-de-gange-9780198848288","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}