Les Liaisons Dangereuses Oxford World´s Classics
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Oxford World´s Classics The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in…
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses Oxford World´s Classics
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. 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. 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.
This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able to judge whether the novel is as diabolical and infamous as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about a world we still inhabit.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has In the ensuing battle there can be no winners, and the innocent suffer with the guilty.
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les liaisons dangereuses
Liaisons Dangereuses
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