Depicting decadence and moral corruption in pre-revolutionary France, Dangerous Liaisons is one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. Two aristocrats embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vicomte de Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, the Vicomte is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. As their intrigues become more duplicitous and they find their human pawns responding in ways they could not have predicted, the consequences prove to be more serious, and deadly, than Merteuil and Valmont could have guessed.
By:
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 179mm,
Width: 111mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 248g ISBN:9780141195148 ISBN 10: 0141195142 Pages: 448 Publication Date:28 June 2010 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active