Choderlos De Laclos

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Chi ama la letteratura francese del passato, trova ne "Le relazioni pericolose" un capolavoro che si continua a leggere oltre duecento anni dopo la sua pubblicazione. Scritta in forma epistolare, la prima edizione del 1782 suscit notevole scalpore e fu seguita da numerose e continue ristampe. Nel XX secolo ha fornito il soggetto per diversi film. L'autore (generale di Napoleone, morto a Taranto) ha saputo esprimere la seduzione, l'ipocrisia e il desiderio di vendetta. La riflessione che inevitabilmente seguir la lettura, ancora opera dell'autore che certamente concep il romanzo con tale intento.

Two former lovers embark on a game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vicomte de Valmont to seduce an innocent girl, the Vicomte is also occupied with the conquest of a married woman. But the consequences prove to be more serious, than they could have guessed.

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons Dangereuses one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature.