I really enjoyed Les Liaisons Dangereuses. It was once scandalous but with media being media in today's world, this book seems tame until you start reading and as the reader starting to infer what is in in-between the lines (which you are suppose to do) of the letters. Learning the upper-class in France is bored and for some of the upper-class (Merteiul and Valmont) believes sex is sport and boredom means ruining other people lives with bets from your "former-and-one-you-still-like/love-but-don't-know-it" lover.

I saw movie and play versions before I sat down to read the actual work and while movies/play bring it to life there is something about reading the story played out in letters, only getting one side of the story per letter, but having all the letters in hand to read through and decipher the lack of prose or ignoring the too much prose. Intriguing read.