This summer we will be reviving our practice of having a monthly book discussion on Rocca Sorrentina. We're going to be reading Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and we'll be meeting on the fourth Saturday of each month, June - September, in the Accademia di Sorrentina. Here's what Amazon.com has to say about the book:

"Pierre Choderlos de Laclos produced "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" in an effort to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on this earth after his death." He did just that. First published in 1782 in four volumes, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" was an immediate success, and has since inspired a large number of literary commentaries, plays, and films. The novel is an epistolary piece, written as letters between members of the French noble class. An egotistical battle for control ensues between the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, with the promise of sexual gratification to the victor. The primary victims are Cecile, a nave but pretty young girl, her admirer, the Chavelier Danceny, and Madame de Tourvel, a virtuous (and married) young woman. This scandalous web of sexual desire, intrigue, infidelity, the struggle for power, and the corruption of the French upper class is a masterpiece from one of the most subtle and skillful novelists of the 18th century."

The letters through which the story is told are divided into four sections, and we will discuss one section each month at 10:00 am on the fourth Saturday of the month:

Part I: Letters 1-50 (25 June 2016)
Part 2: Letters 51-87 (23 July 2016)
Part 3: Letters 88-124 (27 August 2016)
Part 4: Letters 125-175 (24 September 2016)

Dangerous Liaisons is available from Project Gutenberg:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45512." target="_blank"> https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45512 .

It is also is available inexpensively from Amazon in a variety of formats (print, electronic, and audio), and also (probably) from the local library in your RL community

updated by @serenek-timeless: 26 Sep 2016 12:47:28PM