‘O’ and de Sade

"No, I first read de Sade when I was thirty, not twenty…" Confessions of O, Conversations with Pauline Réage by Régine Deforges Corrine Clery as 'O' in the film Histoire d'O 1974 O and de Sade One cannot help comparing Story of O with the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Take for instance the …