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Original Title:	Les Liaisons dangereuses
ISBN:	0192838679 (ISBN13: 9780192838674)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont, Madame de Tourvel, Madame de Volanges, Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny, Madame de Rosemonde, Cécile de Volanges
Setting:	Paris,1700(France)

Les Liaisons dangereuses Paperback | Pages: 448 pages

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Title	:	Les Liaisons dangereuses
Author	:	Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Oxford World's Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 448 pages
Published	:	March 18th 1999 by Oxford University Press (first published March 24th 1782)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Cultural. France. European Literature. French Literature

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The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able a judge whether the novel is as "diabolical" and "infamous" as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about the kind of world we ourselves live in. David Coward's introduction explodes myths about Laclos's own life and puts the book in its literary and cultural context.

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Oh the painful brilliance of these letters! Someone recently said to me that it is sad that people have stopped writing old-fashioned letters, being so much more personal and private than the frequently impolite, monosyllabic insults people tend to spit out on Twitter, Facebook and in various comment threads on the internet. I agreed, but continued to think about it, and all of a sudden, this epistolary novel came to my mind in all its passionate evil power. Choderlos de Laclos certainly is a

An absolutely magnificent novel! To think that it was published in 1782, seven years before the French Revolution. Liberté égalité fraternité! It has been argued that the novel thus caught a doomed aristocracy distracted by decadent and libertine ways that would soon be its undoing. The gift the novel's main characters display for casuistry, calumny, prevarication and cynical self-involvement takes the breath away. The novel is so tightly wrapped, so self-referential, that I doubt I will find an

If I were the sort of boner who ran a creative writing night class I might level that grievous accusation at this Gallic favouritehow it tells everything and doesnt show. And if you were a frightfully witty sort, you may reply: Duh. Its written in letters. And such a Daria-strength comeback would be entirely appropriate: this is an epistolary novel where effusive aristocrats compose long-winded letters about their schemes and feelings and dire circumstances, with little for the reader to cling

When you rate a book, do you consider the introduction (written by a different person), appendices, blurbs and entries in Wikipedia? I mean do you consider the historical background of the story? the life story of the author? it's impact to whatever since its first publication? Or you ignore all of them and just rate the story as if you do not know anything about those?Two schools of thought. I know some people just read and then rate the story only. I know some who read not only the whole book

A literary tour-de-force, this book is a magnificent, perverse story of manipulation, seduction, betrayal and deceit. Published a few years before the French Revolution, Laclos allegedly meant it as a slap to the face of the decadent aristocracy, their abuse of position and power, their immoral and depraved conduct and hypocrisy.Told in a clever epistolary format, this is the story of an intrigue instigated by the bored Marquise de Merteuil; a former lover, the Comte de Gercourt is to marry a

What a deliciously wicked story.This dramatisation from the cast of the Donmar production is worth listening to for Janet McTeer alone. Her Marquise de Merteuil was incredible. Sensual, scathing, scandalous. If you are new to Laclos, this is a great place to start. I read an English translation many years ago and loved it, but this version brought it to life for me. It has left me wanting to read the original, and i'll be purchasing it after finishing the review (yes, i'm THAT enthused).It seems

The 18th century is a tough nut to crack. Its most famous books are boring. It's an explosively smutty era, but even most of the smut isn't that great. But there are a few weird gems that slip through the cracks: the furious Candide; the sensational Monk; and the masterpiece of smut Dangerous Liaisons.Epistolaries were big back then, and LaClos makes better use of letters than anyone since Shakespeare; it'll take Wilkie Collins to match him. The letters are the plot, making this metafiction;