Dangerous Liaisons Paperback - 2007
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos; Introduction by Helen Constantine; Helen Constantine (Translator)
A new translation of one of the most notorious novels of all time
Published just years before the French Revolution, Laclos's great novel of moral and emotional depravity is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. Aristocrats and ex-lovers Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded lives. While Merteuil challenges Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, he is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. Eventually their human pawns respond, and the consequences prove to be more serious-and deadly-than the players could have ever predicted.
Summary
Published just years before the French Revolution, Laclos's great novel of moral and emotional depravity is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. Aristocrats and ex-lovers Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded lives. While Merteuil challenges Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, he is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. Eventually their human pawns respond, and the consequences prove to be more serious-and deadly-than the players could have ever predicted.
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- Title Dangerous Liaisons
- Author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos; Introduction by Helen Constantine; Helen Constantine (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date 2007-11-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780140449570 / 0140449574
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.16 x 1.05 in (19.71 x 13.11 x 2.67 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Epistolary fiction, France - Social life and customs - 18th
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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