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So were a few years before the french revolution, when the lower classes in france turned against the wealthy aristocracy and the whole social structure got turned on its head. Les liaisons dangereuses dangerous liaisons summary shmoop. In 1930s shanghai, the paris of the east, aging socialite mo cecillia cheung and famous womanizer xie jang donggun indulge cynical but sensuous pleasures in. Article pdf available in european journal of international relations 43. Despite its banning in 1824, dangerous liaisons has risen through the ages as one of the most famous accounts in the french language of affairs of the heart. It can be seen as the quintessential expression of the excesses and evils of that ridiculously wealthy, and soontobeheadless, minority of the population of 18th.
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