18 December 2025

History Trivia

The book Les Liaisons Dangereuses is set in the same year it was published, 1782.

Since it's main characters are all French nobility, they only have seven to ten years or so before the revolution overtakes them.

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil will not have to suffer her humiliation long...

Posted by Angus McThag at 23:55
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  1. Technomad19 December, 2025 02:02

    The stage directions for the theatrical version include directions that as the play comes to an end, a silhouette of a guillotine is shown against the back of the stage.

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