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"Dangerous Aquaintances" LACLOS, Choderlos de
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LACLOS, Choderlos de
[370] pp.
New Directions Books
8 1/4" x 5 3/4"
Translated by Richard Aldington.
Jacket design by Lustig + Barrows
On the eve of the French Revolution, the aristocracy was excessively rich and excessively idle. With nothing to do for amusement but meddle in the lives of others, a pair of depraved aristocrats plots and achieves the seduction of a naive 15-year-old convent girl. A recent Broadway hit, now a new movie starrring Glenn Close and John Malkovich.
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