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SADE Marquis de (1740-1814).
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SADE Marquis de (1740-1814).
L.A.S. to the steward of his estate of Mazan, François Ripert. [Paris], November 11, 1791. 2 pp. in-4, address on the back.
Very beautiful letter evoking Jacques-André Langlois, former valet of Sade having assisted to his crimes.
He had participated in the Arcueil-Cachan affair in 1768: he had been sent to look for prostitutes, and had been present in the house where Rose Keller had been molested, even running after her to try to make her come back when she had escaped. "I am very grateful to you... for everything you have told me about Langlois, all the clarifications you have given me prove to me that it is very possible that this poor old and infirm boy may have complained at times without foundation| I do not beg you any less to have all sorts of consideration for him. I do believe that your municipality [of Mazan] has had to give up the crazy project of having me rebuild its walls [Sade was one of the two lords of Mazan]| in doing so it was acting against a formal decree, and with this decree I would have been able to put it in its place| the best thing it can do for its honor is not to speak of this extravagance anymore. I have no doubt that the present circumstances have made your administration difficult, so my gratitude is greater, my dear Ripert. But it is no less true that you have enjoyed the price of my farm for a long time without any increase, and I am quite sure that your honesty, even when calm is restored, will lead you to offer me more. This Louis I am giving to Langlois is for the next ettrennes, but I beg you to give him six large towels and two pairs of large sheets, good and strong, so that he will have enough for his life, it being impossible for this unfortunate man doing his own housework in the castle to do without these small items of linen. I expect to be in Provence without fail next May...as for the estate of Md de Villeneuve which she is willing, she says, to promise me to compensate me for what my children and I are losing to the ridiculous dispositions of Md de Raousset [Sade's aunt Henriette-Victoire de Martignan, marquise de Villeneuve, and Pauline de Raousset, daughter of Madame de Villeneuve and therefore Sade's cousin], I reply to this that my dear aunt will never give me anything to compensate me for her loss, that I prefer her life and health to all the goods she could give me, because I am extremely attached to her| that she has, I hope, still many years to live before thinking of her will, and that in spite of all her brave will, it will be of her succession as of those of all my relatives.... as of that of M. L'abbé, of M. le commandeur &c. of which I have never had and will never have a penny. It is no less true that I will be extremely grateful to those who, when my aunt speaks to them about me, will keep me in her memory, but that I do not want them to speak to her about it first, nor to bother her about an object for which I beg her to never consult anyone but her heart. I am, my dear Ripert, with all possible feelings, and for you and your dear family, your obedient servant and friend of Sade... do not give my address to anyone, I beg you." During this autumn 1791, Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu was published, Aline et Valcourt was printed, and le comte oxtiern ou les effets du libertinage was played at the Théâtre-Molière on October 22 and November 4, causing a scandal because of the sadistic character of the main character.
L.A.S. to the steward of his estate of Mazan, François Ripert. [Paris], November 11, 1791. 2 pp. in-4, address on the back.
Very beautiful letter evoking Jacques-André Langlois, former valet of Sade having assisted to his crimes.
He had participated in the Arcueil-Cachan affair in 1768: he had been sent to look for prostitutes, and had been present in the house where Rose Keller had been molested, even running after her to try to make her come back when she had escaped. "I am very grateful to you... for everything you have told me about Langlois, all the clarifications you have given me prove to me that it is very possible that this poor old and infirm boy may have complained at times without foundation| I do not beg you any less to have all sorts of consideration for him. I do believe that your municipality [of Mazan] has had to give up the crazy project of having me rebuild its walls [Sade was one of the two lords of Mazan]| in doing so it was acting against a formal decree, and with this decree I would have been able to put it in its place| the best thing it can do for its honor is not to speak of this extravagance anymore. I have no doubt that the present circumstances have made your administration difficult, so my gratitude is greater, my dear Ripert. But it is no less true that you have enjoyed the price of my farm for a long time without any increase, and I am quite sure that your honesty, even when calm is restored, will lead you to offer me more. This Louis I am giving to Langlois is for the next ettrennes, but I beg you to give him six large towels and two pairs of large sheets, good and strong, so that he will have enough for his life, it being impossible for this unfortunate man doing his own housework in the castle to do without these small items of linen. I expect to be in Provence without fail next May...as for the estate of Md de Villeneuve which she is willing, she says, to promise me to compensate me for what my children and I are losing to the ridiculous dispositions of Md de Raousset [Sade's aunt Henriette-Victoire de Martignan, marquise de Villeneuve, and Pauline de Raousset, daughter of Madame de Villeneuve and therefore Sade's cousin], I reply to this that my dear aunt will never give me anything to compensate me for her loss, that I prefer her life and health to all the goods she could give me, because I am extremely attached to her| that she has, I hope, still many years to live before thinking of her will, and that in spite of all her brave will, it will be of her succession as of those of all my relatives.... as of that of M. L'abbé, of M. le commandeur &c. of which I have never had and will never have a penny. It is no less true that I will be extremely grateful to those who, when my aunt speaks to them about me, will keep me in her memory, but that I do not want them to speak to her about it first, nor to bother her about an object for which I beg her to never consult anyone but her heart. I am, my dear Ripert, with all possible feelings, and for you and your dear family, your obedient servant and friend of Sade... do not give my address to anyone, I beg you." During this autumn 1791, Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu was published, Aline et Valcourt was printed, and le comte oxtiern ou les effets du libertinage was played at the Théâtre-Molière on October 22 and November 4, causing a scandal because of the sadistic character of the main character.