The Crimes of Love

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The Crimes of Love is a collection of short stories by the Marquis de Sade that blends gothic melodrama with philosophical explorations of desire, morality, and cruelty.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
associatedWith controversial reception ⓘ
libertine literature ⓘ
author Marquis de Sade ⓘ
containsElement moral dialogues ⓘ
philosophical digressions ⓘ
tragic endings ⓘ
violent scenes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exploresTheme cruelty ⓘ
desire ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
morality ⓘ
power and domination ⓘ
religion and atheism ⓘ
virtue and vice ⓘ
genre erotic literature ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorRole Marquis de Sade as philosopher-novelist ⓘ
hasPart short stories ⓘ
hasStyle gothic melodrama ⓘ
sentimental narrative elements ⓘ
literaryForm short stories ⓘ
movement Enlightenment-era literature ⓘ
French literature of the 18th century ⓘ
notableFor combining gothic plots with philosophical argument ⓘ
critique of conventional morality ⓘ
exploration of extreme passions ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ

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Marquis de Sade → notableWork → The Crimes of Love ⓘ