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This is a celebration of the seven deadly vices, with no counterbalancing interest in the seven cardinal virtues. Even more, it is a celebration of pride, the pride of the ancient aristocracy of evil, that those who have the style to carry off their vices have also the right to do so. --Robert Irwin

"""This is a celebration of the seven deadly vices, with no counterbalancing interest in the seven cardinal virtues. Even more, it is a celebration of pride, the pride of the ancient aristocracy of evil, that those who have the style to carry off their vices have also the right to do so."" --Robert Irwin"

The book is a celebration of the seven deadly vices & shows no counterbalancing interest in the seven cardinal virtues. Even more, it is a celebration of pride, the pride of the ancient aristocracy of evil. Those who have the style to carry off their vices have also the right to do so. Robert Irwin

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Barbey D'Aurevilly (1808-1889)gave up the law for literasture and left Normandy for Paris where he led a very dissolute life until he converted to Catholicism. A dandy, literary critic and writer he was one of the most well-known figures of his days. The publication of Les Diaboliques when he was 66 made him famous as a writer and also very rich. Irish man of letters, literary critic, writer and translator. He lives in London.

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