Dangerous Liaisons

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Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th century Epistolary Novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, adapted as a stage play by the same name and as the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons. It was adapted the very next year as the film Valmont and later updated in 1999 to a modern high school as Cruel Intentions.

The story follows wealthy aristocrats engaged in a malicious bet involving sexual conquests, revenge, manipulation, seduction, and love in the sophisticated, and decadent atmosphere of 18th century French high society.


Tropes used in Dangerous Liaisons include: