Review

Betrayal

By Marquis de Sade

Published by Hesperus Press

The Baron de Téroze has already succesfully married off his eldest daughter to a Colonel of the Dragoons and now it is time for him to arrange his younger daughter’s nuptials.

The leading magistrate of the parliament at Aix seems to him the ideal candidate. Unfortunately, the young Mademoiselle de Téroze is in love with another man.

A series of hilarious manipulations to rid the beautiful marchioness of her odious old husband ultimately results in an astonishing yet fitting dénouement.

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Translator: Andrew Brown