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Central subject of the podcast episode, described as 'perhaps the most revolting and shocking novel ever written' and 'the most impure tale ever written since the world began'

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Referenced as a comparison to the storytelling structure in 120 Days of Sodom, where prostitutes relate stories to the libertines

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Referenced alongside Arabian Nights as a comparison to the storytelling framework in Sade's novel

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Described as Sade's most notorious novel, a parody of Richardson's Pamela where virtue is constantly punished rather than rewarded

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Identified as the English novel that Sade's Justine parodies - described as 'a story of a virtuous girl whose virtue ends up being rewarded'

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Referenced as a companion work to Justine, described by Tom as 'the one that's really huge'

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Mentioned as containing Sade's essay 'Yet Another Effort, Frenchman, If You Would Become Republicans' which outlines his political philosophy

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Referenced in discussion of how Sade prefigured Darwinist ideas about survival of the fittest

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Referenced when discussing the tradition of libertinage in 18th century French aristocracy, mentioning the character Vicomte de Valmont

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Referenced when discussing Sade's theory that Christianity caused Rome's decline, noting Gibbon had also suggested Christianity was a cause of Rome's fall