The author aspired to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death".Īs an epistolary novel, the book is composed of letters written by the various characters to each other. It has been seen as depicting the corruption and depravity of the French nobility shortly before the French Revolution, and thereby attacking the Ancien Régime despite having been written nearly a decade prior to those events. It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two amoral lovers-turned-rivals who amuse themselves by ruining others and who ultimately destroy each other. When the intrigues of cynics entwine, and the reaction of victims brings unexpected results, it becomes evident that the endgame will be much serious and brutal than anticipated.Les Liaisons dangereuses ( French: English: Dangerous Liaisons) is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782. They are like a pair of gamers, who ignore their feelings and only focus on their own rules of the game, which turns the surrounding people into useful or unnecessary cards. To conquer such a fortress is a challenge for any experienced womanizer. His target Dora is a religious married woman. However, for Valmont, a professional Casanova, a young and innocent girl is the easiest task. In order to avenge her lover who betrayed her, Marquis de Merteuil incites Vicomte de Valmont to seduce his fiancée. Innocent people become the tools of their game. The two aristocrats Marquis de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont begin a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to enliven their boring existence. It is a story of passion, manipulation, hypocrisy, and devastating relationships of true love, a story about moral decline and fornication. In 1985 based on the novel, Christopher Hampton wrote a play “Dangerous Links”, which became the literary basis for this performance.
While at the time of its publication the book was scandalized, nowadays it has been screened more than 10 times and attracted the attention of the world’s theatergoers. The liberal philosophy of Laclos and the ambiguous moral tone of the novel reflect the mood of France at the dawn of the revolution. The novel is written in the form of letters and tells about Baroque French aristocrats living in luxury and endless boredom. For the first time published in 1782, the four-volume book was a lucky success and has since inspired many plays and films.
French officer Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741–1803) wrote a novel “Les Liaisons dangereuses” to create a narrative that would stand out from the ordinary, cause a scandal and would remain on Earth even after his death.
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