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 ⓘ
Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) ⓘ
linked to: Dangerous Liaisons

Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959 film) ⓘ
Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton ⓘ
Valmont (1989 film) ⓘ
linked to: Valmont
author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ⓘ
linked to: Choderlos de Laclos
character Chevalier Danceny ⓘ
Cécile de Volanges ⓘ
Madame de Tourvel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalReception controversial at time of publication ⓘ
explores conflict between virtue and vice ⓘ
consequences of libertinism ⓘ
firstPublisher Durand Neveu ⓘ
focusesOn French aristocracy ⓘ
genre epistolary fiction ⓘ
libertine novel ⓘ
moral novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
historicalContext eve of the French Revolution ⓘ
influenced Cruel Intentions ⓘ
Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) ⓘ
linked to: Dangerous Liaisons

Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton ⓘ
Valmont (1989 film) ⓘ
linked to: Valmont
literaryMovement French libertine literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th century ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Marquise de Merteuil ⓘ
Vicomte de Valmont ⓘ
narrativeForm letters ⓘ
narrativeTechnique unreliable narrators ⓘ
numberOfLetters 175 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Les Liaisons dangereuses ⓘ
publicationDate 1782 ⓘ
publicationPlace Paris ⓘ
settingPeriod pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ
structure multiple correspondents ⓘ
subtitle Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres ⓘ
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 (play) ⓘ
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Christopher Hampton → basedOnAdaptationsOf → Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ⓘ
Les Liaisons dangereuses → firstEditionTitle → Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres ⓘ
linked to: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos