The scandalous name of the Marquis de Sade, the author of “immoral”, “disgusting” and “terrible” works, was actually banned for many centuries. Today we present to the reader stories and short stories from two collections, as well as an excerpt from the novel “Justine” , or The Unhappy Fate of Virtue,” written by the author within the walls of the Bastille. An all-consuming, destructive passion that sweeps away everything in its path, burning the lovers themselves in its flames, pictures of vice that triumphs everywhere, the misfortunes of virtue, which often becomes a toy in the hands of debauched villains, frivolous scenes full of sparkling humor of the author’s contemporary mores that reigned in society , - this whole motley kaleidoscope will appear before the eyes of true lovers of French literature of the 18th century.