Project Gutenberg 2023-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 425 Laclos, Choderlos de 1741 1803 Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise-Francois DeLaclos, C. (Choderlos) Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de Dowson, Ernest Christopher 1867 1900 Les liaisons dangereuses, volume 1 (of 2) or, Letters collected in a private society and published for the instruction of others $aUnited Kingdom :$bPrivately printed,$c1898. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses Adam Buchbinder, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Les liaisons dangereuses, volume 1" by Choderlos de Laclos is a novel written in the late 18th century. This provocative work is centered around themes of seduction, manipulation, and the complex social dynamics of an aristocratic milieu. The story unfolds through correspondence between characters, particularly focusing on the scheming Marquise de Merteuil and the seductive Vicomte de Valmont, who engage in a battle of wits to manipulate others for their entertainment and moral lessons. The opening of the novel introduces readers to the initial letters exchanged by Cécile Volanges, a naïve young woman recently released from a convent, and her friend Sophie. Cécile writes about her new life filled with societal expectations and her impending arranged marriage. Simultaneously, we see the Marquise de Merteuil's cunning plans as she seeks to use Valmont to seduce Cécile as part of her broader schemes. This setup establishes a world rife with deceit and power plays, hinting at the intrigues and moral ambiguities that will develop as the characters' lives become intertwined in unexpected and often dangerous ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://www.pgdp.net 20070630183011delaclos 1898 GB Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Epistolary fiction France -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction Seduction -- Fiction Mock-heroic literature PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 528830 2025-07-27T13:41:52.763824 text/html 500161 2024-10-19T04:07:12 text/html 2147223 2025-07-27T13:42:03.481792 application/epub+zip 2145080 2025-07-27T13:41:54.297838 application/epub+zip 383562 2025-07-27T13:41:53.490844 application/epub+zip 2183398 2025-07-27T13:42:10.495746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2094465 2025-07-27T13:42:02.552796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458604 2025-07-27T13:41:51.655837 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 438602 2024-10-19T04:07:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18072 2025-07-27T13:42:10.707745 application/rdf+xml 7287 2025-07-27T13:41:53.654830 image/jpeg 1523 2025-07-27T13:41:53.575861 image/jpeg 2414798 2025-07-27T13:41:52.838888 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia