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A new translation of one of the most notorious novels of all time published just years before the french revolution, lacloss great novel of moral and emotional depravity is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. So were a few years before the french revolution, when the lower classes in france turned against. Dangerous liaisons by laclos, first edition abebooks. The epistolary form meaning that the story is told through letters outlines a plot that is complicated, because it is an expose on the french aristocracy and the games the wealthy play to demonstrate power or to manipulate others.
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Many of the difficulties of the book are perhaps inevitable in any work that chronicles seduction in epistolary form. So were a few years before the french revolution, when the lower classes in france turned against the wealthy aristocracy and the whole social structure got turned on its head. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of dangerous. Dangerous liaisons is a story of intrigue and sexual manipulation, set during the height of french aristocratic decadence.
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