biography
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Laclos, Pierre (Ambroise François) Choderlos de
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pronunciation:
[lakloh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1741–1803)
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| biography:
| Novelist and soldier, born in Amiens, N France. He spent nearly all his life in the army, but saw no active service until he was 60, and ended his career as a general. His one masterpiece, Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782, Dangerous Acquaintances), a novel in epistolary form, became an immediate sensation for its cynical analysis of personal and sexual relationships. It has been successfully adapted for the theatre and several films. |
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