One character in this work recalls inflicting bodily pain on herself in order to practice controlling the movements of her face, and another character in this work compares his sexual conquests to the military victories of Frederick the Great. In the lead-up to her marriage, one character in this work writes confiding letters to her friend Sophie Carnay, and another character enters the order of the Knights of Malta after killing another in a duel, causing Madame Tourvel to die of grief. Earlier, Gercourt is abandoned by Cecile, who is simultaneously involved with Danceny and Valmont. In the end, smallpox permanently 
One character in this work recalls inflicting bodily pain on herself in order to practice controlling the movements of her face, and another character in this work compares his sexual conquests to the military victories of Frederick the Great. In the lead-up to her marriage, one character in this work writes confiding letters to her friend Sophie Carnay, and another character enters the order of the Knights of Malta after killing another in a duel, causing Madame Tourvel to die of grief. Earlier, Gercourt is abandoned by Cecile, who is simultaneously involved with Danceny and Valmont. In the end, smallpox permanently disfigures the villainous Marquise de Merteuil. FTP, name this epistolary novel written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
One character in this work recalls inflicting bodily pain on herself in order to practice controlling the movements of her face, and another character in this work compares his sexual conquests to the military victories of Frederick the Great.
{Dangerous Liaisons} or {Dangerous Acquaintances} or {Les Liaisons Dangereuses}