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R J Dent

@rjdent.bsky.social
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blending science fiction and philosophy, The Future’s Eve by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is the first literary depiction of artificial life. It is celebrated for its prescient themes and its profound commentary on the meeting of human longing and technological innovation. www.rjdent.com/the-futures-...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables (with selected non-fiction), published by Contra Mundum Press. rjdent.wordpress.com/stories-tale...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Two of my novels published by Incunabula - Deliverance and Revelation. Deliverance: A Victorian shipwreck transforms a mother’s love into a choice between morality and life. Revelation: A married woman discovers that a beautiful gift can become a malevolent curse. incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Deliverance. A shipwreck transforms a mother’s love into a fight for survival, forcing an unthinkable choice between morality and life. The novel is a psychological thriller exploring the limits of endurance, maternal instinct, and the horrific costs of staying alive. www.rjdent.com/deliverance/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very pleased to have my English translation of Alfred Jarry's A Practical Guide to Constructing a Time Machine, and my short story, The Pink Floyd Story Considered as a NASA Space Flight Report, published in Today: Fiction For Tomorrow. Link to book and purchase links here: www.rjdent.com/today/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Happy birthday, Georges Bataille. incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Two of my novels: Revelation and Deliverance, both published by Incunabula, both with female protagonists having to deal with extreme situations. Book details and links: rjdent.wordpress.com/revelation/ rjdent.wordpress.com/deliverance
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My Victorian Gothic novel, Deliverance, is published today. A Victorian shipwreck. A desperate fight for survival, a choice between morality and life. Mary and her infant son cling to an overturned lifeboat. To save herself, Mary must do the unimaginable. rjdent.wordpress.com/deliverance/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Very pleased to have a short story and a translation of a piece by Alfred Jarry included in Today: Fiction For Tomorrow, published by Black Scat Books. Thank you to the editor for giving them a suitable home. Book link here: www.amazon.co.uk/Today-Fictio... and here: www.amazon.com/Today-Fictio...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My most recent acquisition (£4.99)
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The cover art for each of the books I've written, translated or contributed to: www.rjdent.com
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A big thank you to L.B. Olsen for the great review of my English translations of Tarjei Vesaas' novels, The Seed and The Bridges. Original review: www.instagram.com/p/DcqW1myCJ9... Books available here: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Cover reveal: My latest novel, Deliverance, is due out in the next two weeks from @incunabulamedia The cover art is Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) by William Turner.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Very pleased to have my English translation of Rodrigo, or The Enchanted Tower, An Allegorical Tale by the Marquis de Sade published in the Autumn 2026 (No.22) issue of @exactingclam.bsky.social Thank you to the editors for giving it such a prestigious home. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-22...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Some Thoughts on the Novel and Eugenie de Franval - non-fiction and fiction by the Marquis de Sade, published by Incunabula. rjdent.wordpress.com/some-thought... rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Eugenie de Franval and Some Thoughts on the Novel - fiction and non-fiction by the Marquis de Sade, published by Incunabula. rjdent.wordpress.com/some-thought... rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The Marquis de Sade's fiction and non-fiction. Eugenie de Franval, Sade's incest story, and Some Thoughts on the Novel, Sade's literature overview and writing advice. Published by Incunabula, book details and links are here: rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Eugénie de Franval is now available as a bilingual paperback edition from Incunabula. rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I have three spare illustrated hardback copies (and one illustrated paperback copy) of my English translation of Georges Bataille's The Dead Man & The Solar Anus. DM for book details if interested.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I have a few spare copies of Lautréamont's Apocrypha, a collection of works - Poesies I and II, letters, fragments, and the first draft of Canto 1 of The Songs of Maldoror. Published by Infinity Land press I'm happy to sign copies for anyone interested. DM for details. www.rjdent.com/apocrypha/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
have a few spare copies of my true crime book, Screaming at the Window: the tragic story of Blanche Monnier, the Prisoner of Poitiers. I'm happy to sign and post copies to anyone interested. DM for details. www.rjdent.com/screaming-at...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A Season in Hell Illuminations The Drunken Boat Arthur Rimbaud www.rjdent.com/aseasoninhell/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. Book details: www.rjdent.com/flowersofevil/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Happy birthday, Mick Jagger. Voodoo Excess and a tequila sunrise. www.enitharmon.co.uk/product/vood...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Cover reveal: Due out in the first week of August from Incunabula - my English translation of Sade's challenging and controversial novel, Eugénie de Franval. Eugénie de Franval is a companion volume to Sade's Some Thoughts on the Novel, also published by Incunabula. More details to follow.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This seems like a good opportunity to mention that T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)'s translation of The Odyssey is still the best available prose translation of Homer's epic tale.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My English translations of French poets and novelists published by Black Scat Books/New Urge Editions. blackscatbooks.com
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Some of the Shakespeare plays, chronologically, in my library:
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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R J Dent - STORIES TALES AND FABLES OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE by Beyond The Zero
http://www.rjdent.comBUY THE BOOK HERE https://www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tales-and-fables
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Some obvious (and some not so obvious) influences:
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
www.viewbug.com/member/R-J-D...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My current titles from Incunabula. incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Henry James's writing desk.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tom Bowden's review of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press: www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This film was released forty years ago today...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Published today by Incunabula - my English translation of Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell, Illuminations, and The Drunken Boat. incunabulamedia.com/new-titles
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Currently reading this...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Cover reveal. Available in April from Incunabula. Really pleased with the striking cover designed by D M Mitchell, which includes Isaac J. Hollandan's 'Hand of Philosophy'.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
‘Removal of the Mask’ by Jennifer Allan, used for the front cover of my book-length study of Emily Dickinson's poetry, Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/emily-dickin...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Cover art: Rene Magritte's La Gâcheuse, used as the cover image for the now out-of-print Sade: Sex and Death, which included Apollinaire's The Divine Marquis, which now appears in Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press. Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Cover art: the woodcut used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Bridges. Title: The Bridges Author: Tarjei Vesaas ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3 Language: English Format: Paperback Pages 180 Publisher: Incunabula Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/bridges-the/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A big thank you to thewordasbait for checking out my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale... Book details: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A detail from Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, used for the cover image of my English translation of the Poems & Fragments of Alcaeus. ISBN (paperback): 978-1-906451-53-0 ISBN (ebook): 978-1-906451-54-7 Pages: 112 Book details and links: rjdent.wordpress.com/alcaeus-poem...
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Celebrating World Book Day with an image of the 43 books I've either written, translated or contributed to.
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A woodcut design used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Seed, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/seed-the/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Chimera - a detail from the side of an Attic Siana cup (ca 560-550 B.C.) exhibited in Musée du Louvre, Paris, used as the cover image for my novel. Myth, published by Pegasus Press. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/myth/
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R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
OPTOPHONE (1924) by Francis Picabia, used as the cover illustration for my English translation of André Breton's Soluble Fish, the first English translation of Soluble Fish, published by Incunabula. Details: rjdent.wordpress.com/soluble-fish/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
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