Pleasures of Cruelty

2 albums/12 artworks – The Pleasures of Cruelty is a sequel to the reading of Justine and Juliette by The Marquis de Sade, it was published by William Lazenby in 1886 and holds three volumes. It was reissued in 1898 by Leonard Smithers and Duringe. In 1930 another publication was made, then there seems to have been a U.S clandestine piracy from the 1930’s as well. All of this makes it really difficult to determine (with online as my only research) which artworks belong to which publication date. The Pleasures of Cruelty is one of the darkest Victorian flagellant novels, reveling in cruelty, degradation, and the pleasures of the rod. An extract entitled ‘The Sultan’s Reverie’ was published in William Lazenby’s…

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