With its blending of dark eroticism and ethical nihilism, Eugenie de Franval is arguably one of the Marquis de Sade’s most shocking stories. The story is an unsettling philosophical experiment, a tale of sexual experimentation taken to its extreme.

Sade’s protagonist, Monsieur de Franval, is an intelligent, affluent, and entirely amoral aristocrat. After he marries a devout woman and fathers a daughter, he takes it upon himself to educate his daughter Eugenie to be free in every sense of the word – spiritually, philosophically, morally, emotionally, socially and intimately. When Franval demands that the beautiful Eugenie demonstrate her lessons, she becomes his secret lover.

When the virtuous Madame de Franval becomes suspicious and confronts her husband, she sets off a chain of events that culminate in a series of tragic consequences.

R J Dent’s new translation of Sade’s challenging and provocative masterpiece, Eugenie de Franval, reveals how easily the path of excess leads inevitably to destruction.

Book details:

Title: Eugenie de Franval
Author: The Marquis de Sade
Translator: R J Dent
ISBN: 978-1-291-58289-5
Language: English/French (Bilingual Edition)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 170
Publisher: Incunabula
Purchase link: https://incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1