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.

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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
libertine novel
moral novel
psychological novel
historicalContext eve of the French Revolution
influenced Cruel Intentions NERFINISHED
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
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
hypocrisy of the aristocracy
manipulation
moral corruption
power and control
seduction

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Christopher Hampton notableWork Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
this entity surface form: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)
Christopher Hampton basedOnAdaptationsOf Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos