References Robert Ziegler, "Something from nothing : regenerated narrative in Mirbeau's Le Jardin des supplices", The Romanic Review, November 1, 1994 External links Octave Mirbeau, Le Jardin des supplices available at Éditions du Boucher Pierre Michel's foreword. Tom McCarthy, Introduction to The Torture Garden, Bookkake, 2007. Robert Ziegler, « Utopianism and Perversion in Mirbeau's Le Jardin des supplices », 2004. Translation and commentary of the rat torture scene in Le Jardin des supplices. 1899 French novels Decadent literature French erotic novels Novels by Octave Mirbeau Anarchist culture BDSM literature