Marquis de Sade

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Referenced as the Marquis de Sade's most famous novel, with its heroine Justine described as impeccably virtuous but persecuted by aristocratic monsters. Used as a comparison to how Jeanne de Lamotte portrayed herself as an innocent victim.

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Discovered by Lady Byron in her husband's travelling trunk alongside a bottle of laudanum, as she searched for evidence to support a legal separation. The secret possession of this infamous erotic novel is presented as further evidence of Byron's transgressive nature and sexual preoccupations.

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Referenced as a companion work to Justine, described by Tom as 'the one that's really huge'

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Explicitly described as 'the Marquis de Sade's horrible novel' which contains a passage where a character expresses worship of Nero as her 'ideal and my God.'

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Mentioned as containing Sade's essay 'Yet Another Effort, Frenchman, If You Would Become Republicans' which outlines his political philosophy

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Central subject of the podcast episode, described as 'perhaps the most revolting and shocking novel ever written' and 'the most impure tale ever written since the world began'

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Described as Sade's most notorious novel, a parody of Richardson's Pamela where virtue is constantly punished rather than rewarded