Dangerous Liaisons
The concept of the completely odd, yet powerful love story is one long lost in literature, or TV for that matter. The book Dangerous Liaisons by French novelist Pierre Ambrose Laclos is a perfect example of an odd love story mixed with tons of desire and seduction, and remains as one of my favorite pieces of literature ever written. Dangerous Liaisons was written in 1782 and caused quite a scandal in France because the book is about people of the upper class having "social sex" and doing whatever it takes to have sex with whoever it may be. Oddly enough, Pierre Laclos was doing the same thing, as he had impregnated several young women during the time he was writing this novel. The story takes place in the upper class neighborhoods of France and revolves around the two main characters, Marquise de Merteuil (Marquise) and Vicomte de Valmont (Valmont). Marquise is a loner, so to speak, and she refuses to let anyone judge her simply because of her social class, and we learn this at an early age. Early on, Marquise's husband dies and she sets out to make a reputation for herself by sleeping with whoever she wants, and she feels so remorse because she is not out for love, because she doesn't believe lo
This is the ending of the story, and it doesn't bring much closure, as it never says what happens to the teacher, Cecile, or Marquise, even though it implies that she is a very lonely person now, as one would expect. She is said to always have a halo over her head throughout the story and that you can almost tell the religious references in the letters she writes to Valmont. Marquise suggests going after a more worthy magnet to his charms in addition to Cecile, the Madame de Tourvel. One of Tourvel's friends is Cecile Volanges. Cut off from any contact with her music teacher, she runs to Valmont, and Valmont hits a home run, finally having the chance to have sex with her, which he does. This is where we get to see the real Valmont and Marquise because neither are very sincere or honest, except when it comes to writing letters. Instant messages or phone conversations are the thing the girls seem to be swooning over today, but if you really want to venture into someone's heart, have them write a letter. This is an excellent book full of twists, turns, and lots of love and deception. He later meets and falls in love with Madame de Tourvel, who is married to a member of Parliament. Throughout the story, we find that she is quite the letter writer, and has a knack for putting words in other people's mouths to screw with relationships, and eventually, it comes back to bite her in the ass. This is to much dismay to Marquise because Marquise was once a lover of Gercourt's. Coincidentally enough, the woman that Gercourt left Marquise for, was once a sex partner of Valmont's. Both of these seem to be a driving force between the the characters in the story. To speed things up a bit, Marquise begins to have sex with Cecile's music teacher, even though he has become infatuated by Cecile, as Valmont's pursuit of both women continue.
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