Torture Garden
- ISBN-10
- 1549578073
- ISBN-13
- 9781549578076
- Series
- Torture Garden
- Pages
- 123
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-08-24
- Author
- Octave MIRBEAU
Description
"The Torture Garden" (French: "") is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, first published in 1899.Beginning with "En Mission" ("The Mission"): a French politician's aide is sent on a pseudo-scientific expedition to China when his presence at home would be compromising. It then moves on to an account of a visit to a Cantonese prison by a narrator accompanied by the sadist and hysteric Clara, who delights in witnessing flayings, crucifixions and numerous tortures, all done in beautifully laid out and groomed gardens, and explaining the beauty of torture to her companion. Finally she attains hysterical orgasm and passes out in exhaustion, only to begin again a few days later. Octave Mirbeau (1848 - 1917) was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages.
