AuthorNicolas-Edme Rétif1734–1806Anti-Justine is a French pornographic novel by Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne (1734–1806), published in 1798. It was written to oppose the political philosophy of the Marquis de Sade as expressed in Justine.
The original edition is incomplete and was published under a pseudonym; only four copies survive. In 1863 an anonymous publication appeared, made by an unknown person, and in 1864 Auguste Poulet-Malassis privately printed a superior edition.
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Response to the Marquis de SadePolitical philosophyFrench erotic literatureIncomplete and clandestine edition
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