When it was published in 1782, the novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" scandalized and unleashed passions. It was read under the cloak and in the alcoves to better offend its scent of sulfur and its sexual allusions. Composed of 175 letters from a Machiavellian duo of aristocrats - partners then enemies -, the novel, a brilliant treatise on libertinism, intertwines love, revenge a...