This blog will be the home for a series of posts on the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (and its various incarnations). I originally started this series on my French Revolution blog, but then decided it deserved a site of its own.

Liaisons is the classic novel about two aristocratic libertines, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, whose sexual gamesmanship has disastrous consequences for them and for others. My article on the book, from last year, can be found here.

About the author

Cathy Young is a journalist and writer.