From Marquis de Sade to Grand Theft Auto, a Brief History of Depravity

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From Marquis de Sade to Grand Theft Auto, a Brief History of Depravity

The prisoner’s hand ached. He sat hunched over his desk in a cold tower of the Bastille jail in Paris, writing in tiny letters on a very long roll of paper—nearly 40 feet in total, made from smaller scraps he had glued together. These were not ideal working conditions. But they would do. The prisoner was not treated badly in jail. He was a nobleman, which meant he was allowed luxuries in his cell: a wardrobe and tapestries, books and perfume, an…