Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… Philippe-Égalité during the French Revolution, and the Palais-Royal became not just his headquarters but also a leading social space. Freemasons with reformist ideas inspired by the Revolution would use the Palais-Royal as their meeting … from the club without resigning. 2 . Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire, Franc-maçonnerie et sociabilité. Les métamorphoses du lien social XVIIIe – XIXe siècle (EDIMAT, 2013), p. 5. 3 . Grace Dalrymple Elliott, Sous la Terreur. Journal d’une amie de … art of deception. Merteuil and Valmont successfully reveal all the contradictions and flaws in the contemporary social codes and behaviour. The young Cécile becomes a pleasure machine in Valmont’s arms, a victim of a poor convent education …
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