Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… novels’ (Laclos 440). Abbé Prévost’s 1751 translation of the novel had attempted to adapt the language and behaviour of Lovelace, the prototype libertine seducer, to the French spirit of finesse . 8 Laclos went a step further by making …
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