Marquis de Sade surrounding Matthew Lewis' "The Monk", Minerva Press released "The New Monk" as a supposed indictment of a wholly immoral book. It features the sadistic Mrs. Rod, whose boarding school for young women becomes a torture chamber equipped with its own "flogging-room". Ironically, "The New Monk" wound up increasing the level of cruelty, but as a parody of the genre, it illuminates the link between sadism and the Gothic novel. Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality.
Alphonse Allais of Alphonse Allais" (UK). In the United States, Doug Skinner has translated eight books by Allais, including "Captain Cap" and his only novel Honfleur has a street, "rue Alphonse Allais", and a school, "Collège Alphonse Allais", named for him. There is a "Place Alphonse-Allais" in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The "Académie Alphonse-Allais" has awarded an annual prize, the , in his honor since 1954. Alphonse Allais Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French writer and humorist, who was born in Honfleur, Calvados, and who died in Paris. He is the author of many collections