Les or, Letters collected in a private society and published for the instruction of others Laclos, Choderlos de 1741-1803 creator Dowson, Ernest Christopher 1867-1900 text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Les liaisons dangereuses, volume 1 (of 2)" by Choderlos de Laclos is a French epistolary novel published in 1782. Two amoral aristocrats, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, use seduction and manipulation as weapons in their cruel games. Through letters between characters, the story unfolds as former lovers-turned-rivals scheme to corrupt innocent victims and destroy reputations. Their dangerous liaisons lead to betrayal, revenge, and ultimately their own downfall in this scandalous tale of decadence among the French nobility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses Release date is 2023-01-28 Adam Buchbinder, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Originally published: United Kingdom: Privately printed, 1898 Epistolary fiction France -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction Seduction -- Fiction Mock-heroic literature PQ United Kingdom: Privately printed, 1898 https://www.pgdp.net https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69891 https://www.pgdp.net https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69891 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134621.0 69891