Les Liaisons Dangereuses: or Letters Collected in a Private Society and Published for the Instruction of Others by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Les Liaisons Dangereuses: or Letters Collected in a Private Society and Published for the Instruction of Others

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos with Ernest Dowson

304 pages • first pub 1782 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark slow-paced
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses is ideal for readers who relish cunning psychological dramas and morally complex tales of aristocratic decadence, where manipulation and seduction unfold through intricate, slow-burning epistolary intrigue.

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Dangerous Liaisons = Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782. It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, ...

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3.95
based on 3,875 reviews

Moods

dark: 61%

tense: 39%

funny: 32%

emotional: 31%

reflective: 31%

challenging: 25%

adventurous: 17%

sad: 16%

mysterious: 14%

lighthearted: 8%

informative: 2%

relaxing: 2%

inspiring: 1%

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37% of readers chose medium
53% of readers chose slow
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34% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

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Diverse cast of characters?

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