Pleasures And Follies Of A Good Natured Libertine
Author Unknown
Anti-Justine is a French pornographic novel by
Nicolas-Edme Rétif (also known as Rétif de la Bretonne; 1734-1806)
published in 1798. It was written to oppose the political philosophy of
the Marquis de Sade as expressed in Justine. La Bretonne, a printer by
trade, published over 250 novels in his lifetime, many of them social
tracts concerning reform. In his private life, the man was rather
liberated and when he writes, he writes from experience. Pleasures and
Follies was titled L'Anti-Justine, ou les Delices de l'Amour. The work
traces the growth and sexual awakening of Genovefette and her brother
Cupidonnet, as they rise from adolescence into a world strewn with
playful couplings and numerous partners.
Nicolas-Edme Rétif (also known as Rétif de la Bretonne; 1734-1806)
published in 1798. It was written to oppose the political philosophy of
the Marquis de Sade as expressed in Justine. La Bretonne, a printer by
trade, published over 250 novels in his lifetime, many of them social
tracts concerning reform. In his private life, the man was rather
liberated and when he writes, he writes from experience. Pleasures and
Follies was titled L'Anti-Justine, ou les Delices de l'Amour. The work
traces the growth and sexual awakening of Genovefette and her brother
Cupidonnet, as they rise from adolescence into a world strewn with
playful couplings and numerous partners.