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Go to My LibraryThe Life and Work of Alexander Thomson
- Language
- English
- Published in
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780710088581
Subjects
Original edition details
Other editions (122)
Dangerous Liasons (Audio CD)
1995 • Naxos Audio Books
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Barnes & Noble Classics)
2005 • Sterling Publishing
English
Les Liaisons dangereuses
1998 • OUP Oxford
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (10 Audio Compact Discs in French) (French Edition)
2004 • French & European Pubns
French
Dangerous Liaisons
2007 • Penguin Books Limited
English
Other editions
Dangerous Liasons (Audio CD)
1995 • Naxos Audio Books
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Barnes & Noble Classics)
2005 • Sterling Publishing
English
Les Liaisons dangereuses
1998 • OUP Oxford
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (10 Audio Compact Discs in French) (French Edition)
2004 • French & European Pubns
French
Dangerous Liaisons
2007 • Penguin Books Limited
English
Dangerous Liaisons
1962 • New American Library
English
Dangerous Liaisons Popular Penguins
2010 • Penguin
English
Dangerous Liaisons
2019 • Digireads.com Publishing
English
Dangerous Liaisons
1961 • Penguin Books Ltd
English
Dangerous Liasons
2004 • Naxos Audio Books
English
Dangerous Liaisons : The Ultimate Book Club Edition
2021 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Acquaintances
1983 • A M S Press, Incorporated
English
DANGEROUS RELATIONS (Spanish Edition)
2002 • YOYO USA
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons (Classic Literature with Classical Music)
1995 • Naxos Audio Books
English
Dangerous Liaisons
2014 • Wordsworth Editions Limited
English
Dangerous Liaisons: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2020 • Independently published
English
Les Liaisons dangereuses un roman épistolaire de 175 lettres, de Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, narrant le duo pervers de deux nobles manipulateurs, roués et libertins au siècle des Lumières.
2020 • BoD – Books on Demand – Frankreich
French
Dangerous Liaisons By Laclos Choderlos de Constantine Helen EDT Constantine Helen TRN
2007 • Penguin Classics
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (French Edition)
2016 • Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
French
Las amistades peligrosas
2004 • Ediciones Cátedra
Spanish
Las Amistades Peligrosas
1989 • Tusquets Editores
Spanish
Le relazioni pericolose
2018 • BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli
French
Niebezpieczne zwiazki
2020 • Wydawnictwo MG
Polish
Las amistades peligrosas (edición conmemorativa)
2023 • PENGUIN CLASICOS
Spanish
Dangerous Acquaintances
1987 • Ark Paperbacks
English
Liaison Dangerenses, Les (Spanish Edition)
1989 • Presses pocket
French
Dangerous Acquaintances
1961 • Penguin
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2017 • French & European Pubns
French
Les Liaisons dangereuses : Ou Lettres recueillies dans une société et publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres
2006 • Hachette Education
French
Les Liaisons dangereuses (French Edition) (Édition Française) (Hardcover)
2018 • Lulu.com
French
Relacoes Perigosas (Em Portugues do Brasil)
2012 • Penguin-Companhia
Portuguese
Madame de Pontivy Christel
2020 • French & European Publications, Incorporated
French
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Routledge Classics)
2012 • Routledge
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (French Edition) (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade)
2013 • French and European Publications Inc
French
Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)
2010 • Digireads.com
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Routledge Classics)
2017 • Routledge
English
Les liaisons dangereuses
2002 • Hatier
French
Gefährliche Liebschaften.
2000 • Artemis & Winkler
German
Liaisons Dangereuses : Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
2021 • Independently Published
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Classiques Garnier)
1958 • French & European Pubns
French
Gefährliche Liebschaften oder Briefe gesammelt in einer Gesellschaft und veröffentlicht zur Unterweisung einiger anderer
2016 • dtv
German
Les liaisons dangereuses
2005 • eBooksLib
English
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Classic)
1989 • Bantam Classics
English
Liaisons Dangereuses
2017 • Independently Published
English
Les liaisons dangereuses (Pocket classiques) (French Edition)
2018 • POCKET
French
Las amistades peligrosas
2009 • Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L.
Spanish
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, English edition
2008 • Oxford University Press
English
Las amistades peligrosas (Spanish Edition)
2004 • Alianza Editorial
Spanish
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Ldp Classiques) (French Edition)
2003 • Livre de Poche
French
Les Liaisons Dangereuses*
Dessain et Tolra
French
Les Liaisons Dangereuses: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Routledge Classics)
2010 • Routledge
English
Niebezpieczne związki
2002 • Zielona Sowa
Polish
Les liaisons dangereuses
2008 • POCKET
French
Gefährliche Liebschaften.
1989 • Diogenes Verlag
German
Oxford World's Classics
1998 • Oxford University Press, UK
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas : Tomo Completo
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 • Independently Published
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Garnier-Flammarion) (French Edition)
1996 • French and European Publications Inc
French
Dangerous Acquaintances
1987 • Routledge
English
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
1972 • FOLIO
French
Liaisons dangereuses (Les) (French Edition)
1964 • FLAMMARION
French
Las amistades peligrosas
1996 • Ediciones B
Spanish
Las amistades peligrosas
2003 • Andromeda
Spanish
Liaisons Dangereuses
2018 • Independently Published
English
Liaisons Dangereuses, Les
1962 • Signet Classics
English
Liaisons Dangereuses
2012 • Taylor & Francis Group
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (French Edition)
1993 • Garnier Freres
French
Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Illustré (French Edition)
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
French
Dangerous Liasons
1962 • Penguin Books
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses: or Letters Collected in a Private Society and Published for the Instruction of Others (Dover Thrift Editions)
2006 • Dover Publications
English
LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
1992 • NATHAN
French
Liaisons Dangereuses
2012 • Taylor & Francis Group
English
Liaisons Dangereuses
2012 • Taylor & Francis Group
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas Libro Completo
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons : Volumes 1-4
2022 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 • Independently Published
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas de Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Gefährliche Liebschaften
2010 • Röser, Rudolf Verlag
German
Niebezpieczne zwiazki
2003 • Zielona Sowa
Polish
Las Amistades Peligrosas Nueva Versión
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Les Liaisons Dangerueses
2018 • Independently Published
French
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 • Independently Published
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas : Obra Cl�sica
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2018 • Independently published
English
Gefährliche Liebschaften
2000 • Artemis & Winkler
German
Les Liaisons Dangereuses : Book and 10 Audio Compact Discs in FRench (French Edition)
2000 • French & European Pubns
French
Dangerous Liaisons
2021 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons : Volumes 1-4
2022 • Independently Published
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas de Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1998 • BBC Radio Collection
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Bbc Radio Presents)
1999 • Random House Audio
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas
2001 • Tusquets Editores
Spanish
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (World Classics) (French Edition)
1998 • Brooking International
French
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Edition Illustrée
2017 • Independently Published
French
Las Amistades Peligrosas
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Spanish
Las Amistades Peligrosas Clásicos de Amazon
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Las Amistades Peligrosas : Nueva Edici�n
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Gefährliche Liebschaften.
2000 • Artemis & Winkler
German
Liaisons Dangereuses
2020 • Independently Published
Las Amistades Peligrosas Nueva Versión para Amazon Books
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons Volumes 1-4
2022 • Independently Published
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Niebezpieczne zwiazki
2014 • Bellona
Polish
Las Relaciones Peligrosas (Spanish Edition)
2002 • Yoyo Music USA Inc
Spanish
Las Amistades Peligrosas : Edici�n Completa
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Liaisons Dangereuses
2017 • Independently Published
Liaisons Dangereuses, Les
1962 • Signet Classics
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas : Obras Maestras
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons
2020 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons
2021 • Independently Published
English
Liaisons Dangereuses
2018 • Independently Published
Dangerous Connections
2020 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 • Independently Published
English
Las Amistades Peligrosas : Biblioteca - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
Dangerous Liaisons
2006 • Audiofy/Naxos
English
Les Liaisons dangereuses (French Edition) (Édition Française)
2018 • Lulu.com
French
Dangerous Liaisons : The Ultimate Book Club Edition
2021 • Independently Published
English
Dangerous Liaisons : Volumes 1-4
2021 • Independently Published
English
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Editions Illustrée
2017 • Independently Published
French
Las Amistades Peligrosas Amazon Clásicos
2021 • Independently Published
Spanish
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Many reviewers celebrate this book as a timeless classic and a masterpiece of French literature, praising its exquisite writing, eloquence, and subtle language. Readers were captivated by its intricate plot of seduction, manipulation, and revenge, finding it deliciously devious and wonderfully crafted. The novel’s epistolary format is frequently highlighted as a strength, creating a unique intimacy and offering deep insight into the characters' thoughts and true personalities. The complex and morally ambiguous protagonists, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont, are consistently described as fascinating, witty, intelligent, and compelling, despite their depravity. Furthermore, the book is lauded for its excellent portrayal of the decadent French high society before the Revolution, revealing its hypocrisy and moral corruption, while exploring enduring themes of human nature, power, and betrayal. Many found it an unforgettable and impactful read that stays with them long after completion.
Despite its many strengths, some reviewers found certain aspects of the novel challenging. The epistolary structure, while praised by many, was occasionally described as tiresome, repetitive, or initially difficult to follow, particularly when the letters of more innocent characters lacked the wit and depth of the main schemers. For some, the narrative could feel devoid of suspense, as the wicked characters initially appear invincible in their machinations. Critiques also touched upon the novel’s resolution, with some finding the ending too neat, simple, or overtly moralistic, fulfilling without entirely satisfying. A few readers felt the good characters were sometimes too puritanical or naive, making them less engaging or relatable. Additionally, some found the overall philosophy or message unclear, noting that the author did not always explicitly condemn the characters' actions, which was a point of contention even in its original time.
Overall, Dangerous Liaisons is widely regarded as a brilliant and significant work that continues to resonate with readers centuries after its publication. It is an objective and profound study of human nature, vice, and societal constraints. This book would particularly appeal to readers who appreciate literary classics, intricate psychological dramas, and unique narrative forms. It is recommended for those interested in the moral complexities of 18th-century French aristocracy, or anyone who enjoys exploring the dark facets of human ambition, manipulation, and the inevitable consequences of such games. Readers seeking a thought-provoking, impactful story with deeply flawed yet captivating characters, and who don't mind a challenging yet rewarding reading experience, are likely to find this novel a compelling choice.
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