An erotic classic in a highly praised new translation. With the help of her former lover, the womanizing Vicomte de Valmont, the Marquise de Merteuil, known for her extravagant lifestyle, weaves a malicious intrigue – a disastrous endeavor for all involved. As the boundaries between passion and love, promiscuity and virtue blur, this moral portrait holds a ruthless mirror up to the so-called good society.