The Pornographer (Le Pornographe), written by Restif de la Bretonne and published in 1770 originally, is a novel, in epistolary format, that includes a serious proposal of rules for prostitution, at a state level, to address the problem of ...

Key amongst these was Restif de la Bretonne, and his 'The Anti-Justine' thus inaugurated a long list of 'Sadean' literature that continues to this day.

This is the first English translation of Ingénue Saxancour ever published and offers a wealth of background material on the novel and the real-life events that inspired it.

Devenu ouvrier typographe Auxerre et Dijon, Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne s''installe Paris en 1761 : c''est alors qu''il commence crire. Il a une vie personnelle compliqu e et est sans doute indicateur de police.