Les Liaisons dangereuses

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French novel epistolary novel literary work

Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th-century epistolary French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos that explores manipulation, seduction, and moral corruption among the aristocracy.

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Les Liaisons dangereuses canonical 3
Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) 1
Les Liaisons dangereuses universe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French novel ⓘ
epistolary novel ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
adaptedAs Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valmont (1989 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ballet adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstEditionTitle Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre epistolary novel ⓘ
libertine novel ⓘ
moral novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
hasMoralPerspective ambiguous and ironic ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice multiple unreliable narrators ⓘ
influenced Cruel Intentions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dangerous Liaisons (1988 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Les Liaisons dangereuses (play) by Christopher Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valmont (1989 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement French literature of the Enlightenment ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Chevalier Danceny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cécile de Volanges NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madame de Tourvel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marquise de Merteuil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vicomte de Valmont NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeForm epistolary ⓘ
notableFor complex characterization of Merteuil and Valmont ⓘ
critique of pre-Revolutionary French nobility ⓘ
portrayal of libertine aristocratic society ⓘ
numberOfLetters 175 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
placeOfPublication Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy earlier French epistolary novels such as those of Rousseau and Richardson (in influence) ⓘ
publicationDate 1782 ⓘ
publisher Durand Neveu NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingClass French aristocracy ⓘ
settingPeriod pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ
structure told through letters between characters ⓘ
theme gender and sexuality ⓘ
hypocrisy of the aristocracy ⓘ
manipulation ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
power and control ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
seduction ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valmont → basedOn → Les Liaisons dangereuses ⓘ
Dangerous Liaisons → basedOn → Les Liaisons dangereuses ⓘ
Dangerous Liaisons → adaptationOf → Les Liaisons dangereuses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Liaisons dangereuses (play)
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons → appearsIn → Les Liaisons dangereuses ⓘ
subject surface form: Marquise de Merteuil
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons → fictionalUniverse → Les Liaisons dangereuses ⓘ
subject surface form: Marquise de Merteuil
this entity surface form: Les Liaisons dangereuses universe