num_pages: 418
description: A new translation of one of the most notorious novels of all timePublished just years before the French Revolution, Laclos's great novel of moral and emotional depravity is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. Aristocrats and ex-lovers Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded lives. While Merteuil challenges Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, he is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. Eventually their human pawns respond, and the consequences prove to be more serious—and deadly—than the players could have ever predicted.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: Dangerous Liaisons
titlecomplete: Dangerous Liaisons
characters: Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny, Madame de Volanges, Madame de Tourvel, Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, Cécile de Volanges, Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont, Madame de Rosemonde
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Novels, France, 18th Century, Historical Fiction, French Literature, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 51684
places: France, Paris
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premio Euskadi de Literatura
category: Traduccion
publisher: Penguin Classics