Talk:Les Liaisons dangereuses

message: What happens to her?
Jackiespeel 17:32, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just rewritten large chunks of the plot (intended to just add a bit at the end, but it kind of grew on me) - hopefully that helps. --Zeborah 08:42, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cecile

message: It is often wrongly attributed as the the origin of the saying "Revenge is a dish best served cold", a paraphrased translation of Laclos's "La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid.". OK. I'll bite. What then is the earlier source? - Jmabel | Talk 01:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't found anything earlier, but probably the person who changed that sentence was thinking that the Star Trek saying was created independently of the Dangerous Liaisons saying.  I'm not so sure:  IIRC the speaker, Khan, was familiar with Shakespeare, so why not with Laclos as well? :-)  But without being sure I don't like to revert the change, and I haven't yet figured out an alternate phrasing to keep the ambiguity clear... --Zeborah 18:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Star Trek??? Pretty silly. I've always been pretty confident it was Laclos. I am restoring: it sounds like, insofar as there is any basis to say he didn't originate it, it is that he wasn't writing in English. Duh. - Jmabel | Talk 03:28, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I have searched for the phrase in both English and French online versions of "Les Liaisons dangereuses" but so far have failed to find it, leading me to doubt that it actually appears in the novel. --Primatebuddy 14:14, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to wikipedia's Revenge article, the quote in its current English form is generally attributed to Dorothy Parker.  The attribution of the French form to Laclos as the first attributed instance of the quote seems fairly widespread. john k 16:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It does seem widespread and mistakenly so. Having searched not only for the phrase itself but also the word "vengeance" yields nothing even related to the spirit of the phrase much less the phrase itself. --Primatebuddy 12:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed it isn't there.  I'm fixing the article.--82.93.10.238 16:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Have removed that uncited claim from the lead, and see no appropriate place to put it. Awien (talk) 00:52, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Revenge is a dish best served cold" 

message: I seem to be watching a version of Les Liaisons dangereuses on the "Artes" channel in France.  This is an English version (they're showing it with French titles), and apparently American (maybe) - there certainly aren't too many clear British accents.  It is not the Malkovich/Glenn Close version, and it's obviously more recent than the 1959 version. The 1980 version is apparently in French, and the 2003 miniseries has Rupert Everett, which this version also, clearly, does not.  The only actor I recognize is a minor character who looks distinctly like Jeffrey Jones.  Anyone have any idea what this version is? john k 19:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another adaptation 

message: The novel has been translated into English many times, with Douglas Parmée's recent translation (Oxford: OUP, 1995) receiving favourable reviews.
Have we any evidence of this?  Any comments on other translations?  Sits69 12:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: re "translated into English many times", see WorldCat (this is a list of books with Laclos as author, format as book, language as English).  WorldCat doesn't seem to have translator details for all, but I see at least PWK Stone, Richard Aldington, and someone in 1784, and given the dates I suspect at least one more.  Then of course there's the Parmée one as well.  Re "favourable review"... let me get back to you, it's currently late at night but I know where to look tomorrow.  --Zeborah 09:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Translations

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 07:09, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: There appear to exist at least three more ballets based on the novel:
*For Staatsoper Hannover with choreography by Jörg Mannes and music by Händel, Vivaldi und Mark Polscher;
*For the Latvian National Ballet with choreography by Krzysztof Pastor and music by Arturs Maskats.
*For Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse with choreography by Davide Bombana and music by Rameau and Walter Fähndrich.
Reviews for secondary sourcing can probably be found. --Hegvald (talk) 18:54, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ballets 

message: Suggest: 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN: SEASON 6, EPISODE 1 - LES LIAISONS DICKGEREUSES. A thematic adaptation is the plot of the episode, and the title makes it clear. Drsruli (talk) 08:24, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recorded Media: TV