Name: Dangerous Liaisons
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Author: Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
ISBN: 9781420965094

Type

Physical Book

Author

Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

Translated by

Ernest Dowson

Publisher

Digireads.com

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.7 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9781420965094

Synopsis "Dangerous Liaisons"

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos produced "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", or "Dangerous Liaisons", in an effort to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on this earth after his death". He did just that. First published in 1782 in four volumes, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" was an immediate success, and has since inspired a large number of literary commentaries, plays, and films. The novel is an epistolary piece, written as letters between members of the French noble class. An egotistical battle for control ensues between the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, with the promise of sexual gratification to the victor. The primary victims are Cecile, a naïve but pretty young girl, her admirer, the Chavelier Danceny, and Madame de Tourvel, a virtuous married young woman. This scandalous web of sexual desire, intrigue, infidelity, the struggle for power, and the corruption of the French upper class is a masterpiece from one of the most subtle and skillful novelists of the 18th Century. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

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Pierre Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos (Amiens, October 18, 1741; Taranto, 1803) was a writer and officer in the French army. He was born into a family that had recently ascended to nobility and entered the artillery school of La Fére. After cultivating poetry and writing some opera librettos, in 1782 he published Dangerous Liaisons, or Letters collected in a social circle and published for the instruction of some others, a work that launched him to literary fame. Following the success of his novel, he became secretary to the Duke of Orléans and traveled with him to London in 1789. He directed the Journal des Jacobins and was imprisoned in 1793; released in December 1794, he narrowly escaped the guillotine. In 1800, Napoleon promoted him to the rank of brigadier general. Later, he was appointed chief of artillery in Naples, and died from fevers during the siege of Taranto. Other notable works include Ernestine and On War and Peace.

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