The Modern Language Review, July 1st, 2000
The relationship between Valmont and Merteuil which precedes the novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' is analysed, including suggestions for its demise.
The original affair between the protagonists of Laclos's epistolary novel is reconstructed from the available evidence of the text of Les Liaisons dangereuses. Possible reasons for why it began and why it ended, and the question of whether the feelings of the partners were involved, are examined from the respective viewpoints of Merteuil and Valmont, and emphasis is placed finally on how their individual projections of the past are an important e...
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