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Laclos

American  
[la-kloh] / laˈkloʊ /

noun

  1. Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de 1741–1803, French general and writer.


Laclos British  
/ laklo /

noun

  1. Pierre Choderlos de (pjɛr ʃɔdɛrlo də). 1741–1803, French soldier and writer, noted for his novel in epistolary form Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782)

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In “Dangerous Liaisons,” a decadent drama that debuts on Starz on Sunday, Englert and Denton play much younger versions of the characters introduced by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos in the epistolary 1782 novel.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022

"Liaisons," written by Christopher Hampton from the epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, was first performed 30 years ago in a Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2016

The post has been updated with information regarding screen adaptations of the original de Laclos novel.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2015

So be it, but Bening and Colin Firth in the Forman version get closer to Laclos and the lethal romantic cynicism of his epistolary novel.

From The Guardian Oct. 27, 2010

Mérimée as a writer stands somewhere between Choderlos de Laclos or Crébillon fils, and the generation of "Realists" which was to follow him.

From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by M?rim?e, Prosper

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