Les 120 jours de Sodome

The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade relates the story of four wealthy men

who enslave 24 mostly teenaged victims and sexually torture them while

listening to stories told by old prostitutes. The book was written while Sade

was imprisoned in the Bastille and the manuscript was lost during the storming

of the Bastille. Sade wrote that he "wept tears of blood" over the

manuscript's loss. Many consider this to be Sade crowning achievement.