Liaisons Dangereuses

Name: Liaisons Dangereuses
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ISBN: 9780199536481

ISBN-10: 0199536481

ISBN-13: 9780199536481

Edition: 2008

Authors: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Douglas Parmï¿½e, David Coward, David Coward

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The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. Its prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil--gifted, wealthy, and bored--form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game. And they play this game with such wit and style that it is impossible not to admire them, until they discover mysterious rules that they cannot understand. In the ensuing battle there can be no winners, and the innocent suffer with the guilty. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able to judge whether the novel is as "diabolical" and…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

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