by Choderlos de Laclos · CÍRCULO DE LECTORES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422631279
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«Las amistades peligrosas» is the epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (508 pages, in Spanish).
The correspondence between the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, former lovers, reveals the intrigues and conquests of the eighteenth-century French aristocracy. Merteuil, a widow, must hide her freedom behind an impeccable appearance; Valmont boasts of his exploits. Their rivalry turns seduction into a dangerous game of power.
Work originally published in 1782 as «Les liaisons dangereuses». This 1990 edition includes an epilogue by Gabriel Ferrater and an anonymous nineteenth-century translation revised by Gabriel Ferrater.
For readers of classics and historical fiction, with an interest in eighteenth-century French literature.
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782).
