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"Les Liaisons Dangereuses," by Peirre Choderlos de Laclos, is part
of the ""Barnes & Noble Classics" "series, which offers quality
editions at affordable prices to the student and the general
reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of
carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features
of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New introductions commissioned
from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors
Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural
events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations,
parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and
films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study
questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when
appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to
superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical
interest. "Barnes & Noble Classics "pulls together a
constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and
literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring
works. Love . . . sex . . . seduction. Of the three, only the last
matters. Love is a meaningless word, and sex an ephemeral pleasure,
but seduction is an amusing game in which victory means power and
the ability to humiliate one's enemies and revel with one's
friends. So it is for the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de
Merteuil, two supremely bored aristocrats during the final years
before the French Revolution. Together they concoct a wildly wicked
wager: If Valmont can successfully seduce the virtuous wife of a
government official, Madame deTourvel, then Madame Merteuil will
sleep with him again. But Madame Merteuil also wants Valmont to
conquer the young and innocent former convent schoolgirl, Cecile
Volanges. Can he do both?
When "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" was first published in 1782, it
both scandalized and titillated the aristocracy it was aimed
against, who publicly denounced it and privately devoured it. Today
we still recognize its relevance, for what could be more
contemporary than its appalling image of everyday evil - small,
selfish, manipulative, and mean. Alfred Mac Adam, Professor at
Barnard College-Columbia University, teaches Latin American and
comparative literature. He is a translator of Latin American
fiction and writes extensively on art.
The poems collected in this volume are exquisite and languorous
expressions of a spirit of self-indulgence, eroticism and moral
rebelliousness that emerged in the late Victorian age. They deal
with eternal themes of transition, artifice and, above all, the
cruel ravages of time - often depicting flowers, with their heady,
perfumed beauty, as the embodiment of decay and desire. Decadent
Poetry brings together the works of many fascinating writers -
Oscar Wilde on tainted love and the torments of the human spirit,
Arthur Symons on an absinthe-induced stupor and the mysteries of
the night, Rosamund Marriott Watson on disenchantment and memory,
W. B. Yeats on waning passion and faded beauty, Ernest Dowson on
lust and despair and Lord Alfred Douglas on shame and secret love,
among many others of this exhilarating poetic movement.
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
"The whole show is dreadful," she cried coming out of the menagerie
of M. Martin. She had just been looking at that daring speculator
"working with his hyena,"-to speak in the style of the programme.
"By what means," she continued, "can he have tamed these animals to
such a point as to be certain of their affection for--" "What seems
to you a problem," said I, interrupting, "is really quite natural."
"Oh " she cried, letting an incredulous smile wander over her lips.
"You think that beasts are wholly without passions?" I asked her.
"Quite the reverse; we can communicate to them all the vices
arising in our own state of civilization." She looked at me with an
air of astonishment. "But," I continued, "the first time I saw M.
Martin, I admit, like you, I did give vent to an exclamation of
surprise. I found myself next to an old soldier with the right leg
amputated, who had come in with me. His face had struck me. He had
one of those heroic heads, stamped with the seal of warfare, and on
which the battles of Napoleon are written. Besides, he had that
frank, good-humored expression which always impresses me favorably.
He was without doubt one of those troopers who are surprised at
nothing, who find matter for laughter in the contortions of a dying
comrade, who bury or plunder him quite light-heartedly, who stand
intrepidly in the way of bullets;-in fact, one of those men who
waste no time in deliberation, and would not hesitate to make
friends with the devil himself. After looking very attentively at
the proprietor of the menagerie getting out of his box, my
companion pursed up his lips with an air of mockery and contempt,
with that peculiar and expressive twist which superior people
assume to show they are not taken in. Then, when I was expatiating
on the courage of M. Martin, he smiled, shook his head knowingly,
and said, 'Well known.'
This classic book contains the poems and prose of the well-known
Ernest Dawson, and would make an excellent addition to the
bookshelf of anyone with a passion for poetry and short literature.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
1929. Part One of Two Volumes. Embellished with photogravure
portraits of Cardinal Dubois and the Duc d'Orleans, together with
twelve full page drawings by Lui Trugo. This is one of the more
important memoirs of court life in 17th Century France. The Memoirs
of Cardinal Dubois, French statesman and cardinal of the Roman
Catholic Church, has been sensitively translated by the English
Nineties poet Ernest Dowson. Dubois became secretary of state for
foreign affairs. Reversing the foreign policy of King Louis XIV, he
concluded the Triple Alliance of 1717 with England and the
Netherlands, and negotiated marriage contracts between the royal
houses of France and Spain. In 1721 he was made a cardinal and in
1722 became chief minister.
In your mother's apple-orchard, When the world was left behind: You
were shy, so shy, Yvonne! But your eyes were calm and kind.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
In your mother's apple-orchard, When the world was left behind: You
were shy, so shy, Yvonne! But your eyes were calm and kind.
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