Les liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
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The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, accomplished rivals in the art of seduction, take the stage again in Ernest Dowson's beautifully polished translation of the scandalous French classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The machinations begin with the Marquise inducing Valmont to seduce the young fiancee of her former lover Gercourt, in a simple act of revenge.
Complications soon arise, however, as the intricate story, full of sub-intrigues and convoluted schemes, spirals toward a tragic end for these unscrupulous charmers. Though Laclos's deliciously wicked tale of wit, revenge, hypocrisy, seduction, and betrayal is told with the utmost refinement, to this day it retains an extraordinary power to discomfit or even shock.
In this special Collector's Edition, the elegance of the prose is stylishly complemented by the sophisticated, coolly erotic etchings of Sylvain Sauvage, originally created for a rare edition published in Paris in 1930.
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France, fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Aristocracy (Social class), Fiction, Seduction, Classic Literature, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Social life and customs, fiction, Aristocracia (Clase social), Novela, Vida social y costumbres, Manners and customs, Romance literature, Literature, Fiction, historical, general, Laclos, choderlos de, 1741-1803, French fiction, translations into english, Fiction, erotica, general, Fiction, romance, general, General, Epistolary fiction, France -- Fiction, Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction, Seduction -- Fiction, Mock-heroic literature, Polish language materials, Powiesc epistolarna francuska, T?umaczenia polskie, Powieść epistolarna francuska, Tłumaczenia polskie, Social life and customs, Man-woman relationships, French fiction, Translations into EnglishPeople
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Les liaisons dangereuses
1998, Doubleday
in English
- 1st New York Public Library collector's ed.
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Le amicizie pericolose
1989, Oscar Mondadori, Mondadori
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8804321040 9788804321040
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
January 1988, Routledge
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0744800765 9780744800760
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
November 30, 1961, Penguin Classics
in French and English
0140441166 9780140441161
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Les liaisons dangereuses
Publish date unknown, Bookking International
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [462]-465).
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