Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) - Softcover

Choderlos De Laclos, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420937995 ISBN 13: 9781420937992

Publisher: Digireads.com, 2010

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From the Back Cover:

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. Its prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, gifted, wealthy, and bored, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. And they play with such wit and style that it is impossible not to admire them - until they discover that the game has mysterious rules that they cannot understand. In the ensuing vicious battle there can be no victors, and the innocent will suffer with the guilty. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able to 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1420937995
• ISBN 13: 9781420937992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238