Thérèse philosophe: A modern translation of an eighteenth century erotic classic

First published in 1748, this novel was one of the most notorious French erotic novels of the eighteenth century; and, despite its clandestine status, a bestseller. Among its admirers was the Marquis de Sade, who said (in his *Juliette*) that it was "alone to have achieved happy results from the combining of lust and impiety" and "finally gave us an idea of what an immoral book could be".