Dangerous Liaisons
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2007
Summary
Dangerous Liaisons: A Game of Seduction and Deceit
A new translation of de Laclos’s great novel of moral and emotional depravity. Published in 1782, just years before the French Revolution, Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society.
At its centre are two aristocrats, former lovers, who embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449574 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Choderlos de Laclos, Helen Constantine |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Choderlos de Laclos
Choderlos de Laclos was born in 1741, at Amiens. He entered the army at the age of 18 and reached the rank of capitaine-commandant without seeing battle. In 1779 he was sent to the island of Aix, where Dangeruous Liaisons was written. Helen Constantine has translated Theophile Gautier’s Mademoiselle de Maupin and, with David Constantine, she has translated a volume of Henri Michaux’s poetry, Spaced and Displaced. She lives in Oxford.
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