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[[Image:Drawing by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 - 1799) .jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Cenotaph]] for [[Newton]]'' ([[1784]]) by French architect [[Étienne-Louis Boullée]]]] [[Image:Drawing by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 - 1799) .jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Cenotaph]] for [[Newton]]'' ([[1784]]) by French architect [[Étienne-Louis Boullée]]]]
[[Image:Therese_Philosophe_Frontispiece.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Thérèse Philosophe]]'' ([[1748]]) by [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]]]] [[Image:Therese_Philosophe_Frontispiece.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Thérèse Philosophe]]'' ([[1748]]) by [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]]]]
 +[[Image:Honoré Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau, pained by Joseph Boze.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In May [[1777]], [[Comte de Mirabeau]], [[18th century]] French aristocrat was imprisoned at [[prison of Vincennes|Vincennes]]. There he met [[Marquis de Sade]], both of them imprisoned by [[lettre de cachet]], both [[libertine]]s; however the two [[dislike]]d each other intensely. They both [[writing in prison|wrote prolifically in prison]], both suffered from [[graphomania]], Mirabeau would write ''[[Lettres à Sophie|letters to Sophie]]'', ''[[Le Libertin de qualité|Le libertin de qualité]]'' and the ''[[Erotika Biblion]]''; Sade was incarcerated in various [[prison]]s and [[insane asylum]]s for about 32 years (out of a total of 74) of his life; much of his writing, starting with his debut ''[[Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man]]'' [[writing in prison|was done during his imprisonment]].]]
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Two films about the 18th century in Europe are ''[[Ridicule (film)|Ridicule]]'' (1996) and ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' (1988). Two films about the 18th century in Europe are ''[[Ridicule (film)|Ridicule]]'' (1996) and ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' (1988).

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Cenotaph for Newton (1784) by French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée
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Cenotaph for Newton (1784) by French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée
In May 1777, Comte de Mirabeau, 18th century French aristocrat was imprisoned at Vincennes. There he met Marquis de Sade, both of them imprisoned by lettre de cachet, both libertines; however the two disliked each other intensely. They both wrote prolifically in prison, both suffered from graphomania, Mirabeau would write letters to Sophie, Le libertin de qualité and the Erotika Biblion; Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and insane asylums for about 32 years (out of a total of 74) of his life; much of his writing, starting with his debut Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man was done during his imprisonment.
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In May 1777, Comte de Mirabeau, 18th century French aristocrat was imprisoned at Vincennes. There he met Marquis de Sade, both of them imprisoned by lettre de cachet, both libertines; however the two disliked each other intensely. They both wrote prolifically in prison, both suffered from graphomania, Mirabeau would write letters to Sophie, Le libertin de qualité and the Erotika Biblion; Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and insane asylums for about 32 years (out of a total of 74) of his life; much of his writing, starting with his debut Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man was done during his imprisonment.

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