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. Dangerous Liaisons (in french: Les Liaisons dangereuses) is an epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos published in 1782. The primary victims are Cecile, a naïve but pretty young girl, her admirer, the Chavelier Danceny, and Madame de Tourvel, a virtuous (and married) young woman. 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 novel is an epistolary piece, written as letters between members of the French noble class. 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. Pierre Choderlos de Laclos produced "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" 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.
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. A unique case in French literature, he was for a long time considered to be as scandalous a writer as the Marquis de Sade or Nicolas-Edme Rtif. Neeland Media Dangerous Liaisons Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos This is a translation of the novel of decadence and moral corruption in pre-revolutionary France which tells the story of the conspiracy between the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont to debauch a young girl. Pierre Ambroise Franois Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.
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