Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, best known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and author of philosophical and sadomasochistic novels exploring such controversial subjects as rape, bestiality and necrophilia. His works evidence a philosophical mind advocating a materialist philosophy in which Nature dictates absolute freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion or law, with the pursuit of personal pleasure as its foremost principle. Besides novels, he wrote philosophical tracts, novellas, short stories, and a number of plays (many of which are no longer extant). Publication, dissemination, and translation of his works have long been hindered by censorship: not until 1983 were his works allowed unfettered distribution in the UK, for instance.

Fiction

Justine and Juliette Series

Novels and novella

Collections

Plays

Destroyed / lost works

Miscellaneous

Short stories

Plays

Non-fiction

The following works were written between 1764 and 1869

Travelogues

Essays

Political pamphlets

Letters and personal notes posthumously published

Uncertain/misattributions