Fallen village girl

Author: Liu Mingjiu
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book includes two novels, "The Fallen Village Maiden" and "Thérèse Says Sex." "The Fallen Village Maiden" is a social novel centered around sexual issues, showcasing the human emotions and customs surrounding sexuality. The protagonist is a pure, heavenly-looking rural girl who, due to ignorance, loses her innocence and begins to use her beauty for various exchanges, eventually falling into prostitution. Meanwhile, her teenage lover also becomes a male prostitute. The novel revolves around them, depicting the diverse aspects of the sex trade and the prostitution industry.
The Fall of the Fair Dames is a significant literary event in cultural history, as Sade is considered the most morally condemned figure, being the only writer imprisoned multiple times for his licentious lifestyle. The translation of his works into Chinese for publication is a monumental literary achievement. We have specially selected three of Sade's representative works—The Fall of the Fair Dames, The Ruined Fair Dames, and The Crimes of Love—to satisfy readers' curiosity about this rebellious genius.
Sade was not merely a writer but also a thinker, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. His novels are almost pathological reports of human perversion. The various abnormal behaviors depicted by Sade have only recently been understood in their true and accurate nature, possessing extraordinary cognitive value.