Liaisons dangereuses **** (Les)

choderlos de laclos

ISBN 10: 2277226165 / ISBN 13: 9782277226161

Published by J'ai lu, 2001

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J'ai lu collection , 2001. 1 volume format In-12 assez bon. Seller Inventory # 451399

Bibliographic Details

Title: Liaisons dangereuses **** (Les)

Publisher: J'ai lu

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Couverture souple

Condition: Satisfaisant

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Synopsis:

‘I resolved to write a book which would create some stir in the world and continue to do after I had gone from it.’  - Choderlos de Laclos

A great sensation at the time of first publication, Les Liaisons Dangereuses reads as much the most 'modern' of eighteenth-century novels. Viewed by some critics as a morality tale and others as a subtle inquiry into libertinism, it brilliantly depicts the foibles of the French aristocracy on the eve of the French Revolution. Renowned for its exploration of lust, revenge and human malice, and still carrying a tremendous power to shock, its adaptations for screen and stage have made its central characters notorious for their sophisticated and ultimately tragic games of seduction and manipulation.

Review:

"Christopher Hampton's brilliant adaptation...gives a pitiless and searching portrait of the erotic diversions of aristocrats in putrescent pre-revolutionary France." --"Daily Telegraph"
"Hampton's achievement is to have preserved the satanic magnetism of the twin conspirators while going all out for social comedy. But this is comedy of the highest theatrical kind: edged with danger, replete with pain and forever reminding us that lives are being ruined with the flick of a well-turned phrase." --"Guardian"