Book: Les liaisons dangereuses
Mar. 23rd, 2006 08:18 pmAuthor: Choderlos de Laclos
Details: Originally published 1782; Pub Gallimard 1972; online text
Verdict: Les liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous liaisons) is well-written but rather disturbing.
Reasons for reading it: It's one of those keystones of European culture, really.
How it came into my hands:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rysmiel reminded me that I'd been meaning to read it, when I happened to be in Montreal near lots of Francophone bookshops, so I could easily get hold of a copy. Yay.
( discussion including mentions of rape )
It's definitely a powerfully written book, and I think it's probably meant to be upsetting. Oh, and I suspect that reading all those elaborate 18th century sentences has done horrible things to my own writing style, sorry about that!
Details: Originally published 1782; Pub Gallimard 1972; online text
Verdict: Les liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous liaisons) is well-written but rather disturbing.
Reasons for reading it: It's one of those keystones of European culture, really.
How it came into my hands:
rysmiel reminded me that I'd been meaning to read it, when I happened to be in Montreal near lots of Francophone bookshops, so I could easily get hold of a copy. Yay.( discussion including mentions of rape )
It's definitely a powerfully written book, and I think it's probably meant to be upsetting. Oh, and I suspect that reading all those elaborate 18th century sentences has done horrible things to my own writing style, sorry about that!
