Les Liaisons dangereuses (Oxford World's Classics) Summary and Reviews

Les Liaisons dangereuses (Oxford World's Classics)
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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Author: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Translator: Douglas Parmï¿1/2e
Introduction: David Coward
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-18
ISBN: 0192838679
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Book Reviews of Les Liaisons dangereuses (Oxford World's Classics)

Book Review: A Good Book (Very Similar to the Good Movies It Has Spawned)
Summary: 3 Stars

Les Liasons Dangereuses (sometimes referred to as Dangerous Liasons) is a classic story.

Written as a collection of letters (like Dracula), it chronicles the adventures of two morally bankrupt socialites as they manipulate, seduce and toy with others for their own amusement. It is very good and, in certain respects, very corrupting.

One observation I did make is that some of the film versions made from this novel (for instance Dangerous Liasons, Valmont and the modern-telling, Cruel Intentions) are quite faithful to the book. If you're familiar with those films, it is unlikely you'll find much here that's new. Also, the tone of the novel (written as epistles, remember) might be a little off-putting to modern readers; it is upper-class with stilted sentence structure and an extensive vocabulary, and tends to hint at, rather than outright say, what it means. Sometimes the letters repeat themselves a little bit, just as letters do in real life.

If you're already a fan of this story, you will probably enjoy reading the novel. If you're new to the story, you will probably enjoy it more. I, myself, was hoping for something that would expand on/develop further the story I'd already seen in the movies, but found that the movies really had shown me what it was all about.

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