Laclos Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderlos de - Les Liaisons Dangereuses Oxford World's Classics New Edition

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les
Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and
controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major
film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte
de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance
and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This
new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be
able a judge whether the novel is as `diabolical' and `infamous' as
its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about
the kind of world we ourselves live in. David Coward's introduction
explodes myths about Laclos's own life and puts the book in its
literary and cultural context.