Sexuality is power. So says the marquis De Sade, philosopher and pornographer. His virtuous Justine, who keeps to the rules, is rewarded with rape and humiliation; his juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesi...Sexuality is power. So says the marquis De Sade, philosopher and pornographer. His virtuous Justine, who keeps to the rules, is rewarded with rape and humiliation; his juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. With brilliance and wit, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of De Sade's extreme imagination and transfor sexuality is power.