Pierre Choderlos de Laclos



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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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born
in Amiens, France
October 18, 1741

died
September 05, 1803

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction


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Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.

A unique case in French literature, he was for a long time considered to be as scandalous a writer as the Marquis de Sade or Nicolas-Edme Rétif. He was a military officer with no illusions about human relations, and an amateur writer; however, his initial plan was to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death"; from this point of view he mostly attained his goals, with the fame of his masterwork Les Liaisons dangereuses . It is one of the masterpieces of novelistic literature of the 18th century, which explo...more


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Average rating: 4.07 · 14,442 ratings · 458 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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De L'éducation Des Femmes
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1783 — 4 editions
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Les Liaisons Dangeruses
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1782
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses Ou...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999
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Gevaarlijke liefde
2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1782
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Lettres inédites
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L'Amitie Dangereuse, Part 1...
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Choderlos de Laclos : Oeuvr...
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Quotes by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

“When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
tags: dangerous-liaisons, fatal, heart, marquise-de-merteuil, revenge
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“Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and I.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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“A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les liaisons dangereuses
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