Laclos

American  

[la-kloh] / laˈkloʊ /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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 original de Laclos novel has been adapted for the screen multiple times, including movies by Roger Vadim and Milos Forman.

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

On reading a corresponding list of French novelists, the younger Cr�billon, Rousseau, Marmontel, Laclos, Restif de la Breton, Louvet, Madame de Sta�l, Madame de Genlis and the rest, including Mercier and even Mme.

From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John