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Dangerous Liaisons

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1782
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 400

Two aristocratic ex-lovers play chess with other people's virtue by letter, wagering seductions for spite and sport, until one of them actually falls in love and the elegant game turns lethal.

It is not enough to possess her, she shall give herself up.
Dangerous Liaisons, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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