Since my last post, I've read two issues of Eclectic Reading, an issue of The New Scientist, an issue of The Globe, The National Enquirer, and an issue of People.
I've also read the first volume of the works of Sade. Yes, as in Marquis de. It's in La Pleiade and I can only say that 120 jours de Sodom et Gommorhe are a blueprint for any pornographer. The distinguished collection actually started with a long essay explaining why he deserved inclusion in the series. Well, he started pornography like Jane Austen started Harlequin romances. I had read some of his novels, and they are tame if titillating compared to that. I've also read La legende doree by Jean de Voragine. It's a martyrology with jewels falling from the skies and assorted other miraculous occurrences. It was, as you might imagine, a contrast. The saint and the sinner.
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