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Many of the difficulties of the book are perhaps inevitable in any work that chronicles seduction in epistolary form. Published in 1782, just years before the french revolution, les liaisons dangereuses is a disturbing and ultimately damn. I found myself wanting to throw the book against the wall on more than one occasion and at one time i actually called valmont an evil bastard out loud. I read the first book and loved it but i think i like this book even more.
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Liaisons dangereuses a history told entirely in conflicting letters with no omniscient descriptions produces narrative entirely through interpretations made by the reader, who must decide which letters to accept as the true accounts of the events of the fiction and which to dismiss. Les liaisons dangereuses is one of those morality tales in that lessons can be derived, but at the same time, it was meant to shock and titillate. The day before the disaster, iris carr had her first premonition of danger. The work, also translated as dangerous acquaintances, is considered one of the earliest examples of the psychological novel. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app.
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