Les Liaisons dangereuses
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Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th-century epistolary French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos that explores manipulation, seduction, and moral corruption among the aristocracy.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Liaisons dangereuses Context triple: [Valmont, basedOn, Les Liaisons dangereuses]
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Les Amoureuses
Les Amoureuses is one of Burgundy’s most celebrated and sought-after Premier Cru vineyards, renowned for producing exceptionally elegant and perfumed Pinot Noir wines.
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L'Usage des plaisirs
L'Usage des plaisirs is Michel Foucault’s second volume of *The History of Sexuality*, examining how ancient Greek practices and ethical self-formation shaped attitudes toward pleasure and sexual conduct.
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La Femme infidèle
La Femme infidèle is a 1969 French psychological thriller film by Claude Chabrol that explores marital infidelity and its violent consequences in a bourgeois setting.
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Le Bon Plaisir
Le Bon Plaisir is a French political comedy-drama film featuring Michel Serrault in a prominent role.
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Les Amants
Les Amants is a 1958 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle, noted for its controversial portrayal of female desire and its role in challenging cinematic censorship standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Liaisons dangereuses Target entity description: Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th-century epistolary French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos that explores manipulation, seduction, and moral corruption among the aristocracy.
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A.
Les Amoureuses
Les Amoureuses is one of Burgundy’s most celebrated and sought-after Premier Cru vineyards, renowned for producing exceptionally elegant and perfumed Pinot Noir wines.
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B.
L'Usage des plaisirs
L'Usage des plaisirs is Michel Foucault’s second volume of *The History of Sexuality*, examining how ancient Greek practices and ethical self-formation shaped attitudes toward pleasure and sexual conduct.
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C.
La Femme infidèle
La Femme infidèle is a 1969 French psychological thriller film by Claude Chabrol that explores marital infidelity and its violent consequences in a bourgeois setting.
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D.
Le Bon Plaisir
Le Bon Plaisir is a French political comedy-drama film featuring Michel Serrault in a prominent role.
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E.
Les Amants
Les Amants is a 1958 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle, noted for its controversial portrayal of female desire and its role in challenging cinematic censorship standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
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epistolary novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film)
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linked to:
Dangerous Liaisons
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959 film) ⓘ Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton ⓘ Valmont (1989 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Valmont
ballet adaptations ⓘ opera adaptations ⓘ |
| author |
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
ⓘ
linked to:
Choderlos de Laclos
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstEditionTitle | Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary novel
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libertine novel ⓘ moral novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective | ambiguous and ironic ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | multiple unreliable narrators ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cruel Intentions
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Dangerous Liaisons
Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton ⓘ Valmont (1989 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Valmont
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| literaryMovement | French literature of the Enlightenment ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chevalier Danceny
ⓘ
Cécile de Volanges ⓘ Madame de Tourvel ⓘ Marquise de Merteuil ⓘ Vicomte de Valmont ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | epistolary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex characterization of Merteuil and Valmont
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critique of pre-Revolutionary French nobility ⓘ portrayal of libertine aristocratic society ⓘ |
| numberOfLetters | 175 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier French epistolary novels such as those of Rousseau and Richardson (in influence) ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1782 ⓘ |
| publisher | Durand Neveu ⓘ |
| settingClass | French aristocracy ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| structure | told through letters between characters ⓘ |
| theme |
gender and sexuality
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hypocrisy of the aristocracy ⓘ manipulation ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ power and control ⓘ revenge ⓘ seduction ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses
subject linked to:
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons
subject linked to:
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses
subject linked to:
Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
subject linked to:
Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses
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Sebastian Valmont in Cruel Intentions
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses