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The front matter outlines publication details, copyright and rights conditions, series context, and library cataloguing information. It presents biographical background on Laclos and the editors, followed by a Contents section listing Introduction, texts and references, chronology, and the numbered parts of the novel, including explanatory notes.","Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York  \nAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris São Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw with associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Translation, Note on the Text, Bibliography, Chronology, Explanatory  \nNotes  \n© Douglas Parmée 1995 Introduction © David Coward 1995 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as a World’s Classics paperback 1995 Reissued as an Oxford World’s Classics paperback 1998 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Laclos, Choderlos de, 1741–1803.[Liaisons dangereuses. English] Les liaisons dangereuses/Pierre Choderlos de Laclos; translated and edited by Douglas Parmée; introduction by David Coward.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Oxford world’s classics)  \nFrance—Social life and customs—18th century—Fiction. 2. Aristocracy  \n(Social  \nclass)—France—Fiction. 3. Man-woman relationships—France—Fiction. I. Parmée, Douglas. II. Title. III. Series.  \nPQ1993 .L22L53 1995 843’.6—dc20 94-30781 ISBN–13: 978–0–19–283867–4 ISBN–10: 0–19–283867–9 13 Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc  \nOXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS  \nFor over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics have brought readers closer to the world’s great literature. Now with over 700 titles—from the 4,000-yearold myths of Mesopotamia to the twentieth century ’s greatest novels—the series makes available lesser-known as well as celebrated writing.  \nThe pocket-sized hardbacks ofthe early years contained introductions by Virginia WoolfT.S. Eliot, Graham Greene, and other literary figures which enriched the experience of reading. Today the series is recognized for its fine scholarship and reliability in texts that span world literature, drama and poetry, religion, philosophy and politics. Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the  \nchanging needs of readers.  \nOXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS  \nLes Liaisons dangereuses  \nPIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS  \nTranslated and edited by DOUGLAS PARMÉE  \nIntroduction by DAVID COWARD  \nOXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS  \nLES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES  \nPIERRE-AMBROISE-FRANÇOIS CHODERLOS DE LACLOS, born at Amiens in 1741, trained as an artillery officer at the military school at La Fère. His hopes of active service were frustrated in 1763 by the Treaty which ended the Seven Years War. For twenty-five years he was a peacetime soldier in garrison towns in the French provinces where, as was expected of army officers, he socialized and dabbled in literature. His only novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, was begun during a posting to Besançon in 1778 and completed in Paris by the end of 1781. The scandal which greeted its publication in 1782 led his superiors to banish him to La Rochelle. 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