Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
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Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th-century French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos that explores manipulation, seduction, and moral corruption among the aristocracy on the eve of the French Revolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play) | 1 |
| Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Context triple: [Christopher Hampton, basedOnAdaptationsOf, Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
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Manon Lescaut
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La Dame aux Camélias (novel)
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Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour is a Post-Impressionist painting by Émile Bernard that depicts a contemplative female figure in a wooded landscape, reflecting the artist’s Symbolist and Cloisonnist style.
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Valmont
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Target entity: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Target entity description: Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th-century French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos that explores manipulation, seduction, and moral corruption among the aristocracy on the eve of the French Revolution.
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A.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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B.
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut is an Italian opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini, based on Abbé Prévost’s novel about the tragic love affair between the young chevalier Des Grieux and the alluring Manon.
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C.
La Dame aux Camélias (novel)
La Dame aux Camélias is an 1848 romantic novel by Alexandre Dumas fils about the tragic love affair between a courtesan and a young bourgeois man, which inspired numerous stage and screen adaptations including Verdi’s opera La Traviata.
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D.
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour is a Post-Impressionist painting by Émile Bernard that depicts a contemplative female figure in a wooded landscape, reflecting the artist’s Symbolist and Cloisonnist style.
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E.
Valmont
Valmont is a locality in Switzerland known as the place where the poet Rainer Maria Rilke died.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
ⓘ
epistolary novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Cruel Intentions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Valmont (1989 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Pierre Choderlos de Laclos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Chevalier Danceny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cécile de Volanges NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame de Tourvel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | controversial at time of publication ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between virtue and vice
ⓘ
consequences of libertinism ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Durand Neveu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | French aristocracy ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary fiction
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libertine novel ⓘ moral novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| historicalContext | eve of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cruel Intentions
NERFINISHED
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Valmont (1989 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French libertine literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Marquise de Merteuil
NERFINISHED
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Vicomte de Valmont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | letters ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narrators ⓘ |
| numberOfLetters | 175 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Les Liaisons dangereuses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1782 ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| structure | multiple correspondents ⓘ |
| subtitle | Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
gender and sexuality
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hypocrisy of the aristocracy ⓘ manipulation ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ power and control ⓘ seduction ⓘ |
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Subject: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Description of subject: Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th-century French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos that explores manipulation, seduction, and moral corruption among the aristocracy on the eve of the French Revolution.
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