false 49540 70 The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. Its prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil--gifted, wealthy, and bored--form an unholy alliance and<br>turn seduction into a game. 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. In the ensuing battle there can be no winners, and the innocent suffer with the guilty.<br>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. 3280025 1782 Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Oxford World's Classics) total:1646|5:655|4:634|3:277|2:62|1:18| 1646 6784 2594 162 3 17 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Mon Dec 01 09:33:06 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 11 07:20:09 -0700 2009 1 Viscomte de Rayner to the Goodreads Community

This morning, I thought of M. de Laclos's charming novel for the first time in years, when an interfering busybody saw fit to edit my Quiz question about it. I was forced to spend an hour checking the text, so that I could thoroughl...more...]]> 5 7 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 20:59:14 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 14:55:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 21:35:02 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 21:12:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 11:10:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:39:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 10:16:38 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 13:03:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sat Mar 24 07:25:57 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 07:32:14 -0700 2007 Les Liaisons Dangereuses has a tight, efficient plot and well-constructed characters, what's most impressive about it is how well it works as an actual epistolary novel. Instead of Clarissa writing for 18 hours a day, what we have hear are short (1-2 pages, sometimes less) ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 12:53:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 00:05:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 09:31:53 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:20:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:06:19 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 18:06:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 10 16:28:34 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 06:00:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 18 09:18:55 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 09:20:05 -0700 2009 3 1 false false Sun Jun 22 00:17:08 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 00:28:50 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 16:14:30 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 22:53:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 09:29:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 09:37:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 03:43:30 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 07:18:16 -0800 2009 The dramatisation

Translated by PWK Stone
Adapted by Polly Coles
Directed by Clive Brill
BBC Radio 4 1992

In 8 parts of approximately 30 mins, broadcast late evenings from 20 July, 1992.

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