Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Choderlos De Laclos, Peter Washington, Richard Aldington

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French

Everyman Hardcovers
15 May 1992

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS

The greatest epistolary novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses simultaneously illustrates and perverts the laws of its genre. The correspondence born from the libertine wager between the Viscount de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil reveals the false pretenses of aristocratic society and demystifies libertinage like it elucidates devout moralism.

By: Choderlos De Laclos
Introduction by: Peter Washington
Translated by: Richard Aldington
Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 526g
ISBN: 9781857150766
ISBN 10: 1857150767
Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 May 1992
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Review - French Chef-d'oeuvre du roman epistolaire, Les Liaisons dangereuses illustre et pervertit simultanement les lois du genre. Une fois lance le pari libertin entre le vicomte de Valmont et la marquise de Merteuil, l'entrelacement virtuose des 175 lettres revele l'intelligence calculatrice des deux strateges comme l'ingenuite de leurs victimes. Le jeu de contrepoint qui en resulte demasque les faux-semblants de la societe aristocratique et participe autant de la demystification du libertinage que de celle du moralisme devot. Mais les deux libertins fascinent encore et toujours le lecteur contemporain: a l'ethique aristocratique de Valmont repond l'intransigeance de Merteuil qui a fait de la dissidence morale le prix de la liberte dans la societe patriarcale du XVIIIe siecle.