An epistolary novel, its main characters are members of the French aristocracy shortly before the Revolution.  
An epistolary novel, its main characters are members of the French aristocracy shortly before the Revolution.  Supposedly written in order to prove that "true happiness is found only in the family," it depicts the Marchioness of Merteuil and her accomplice, the Vicomte de Valmont as they wreck the lives of others, and finally themselves.  FTP, name this 1782 novel by Choderlos De Laclos, lately imitated by Cruel Intentions, and made into an earlier movie starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close.
An epistolary novel, its main characters are members of the French aristocracy shortly before the Revolution.  
Dangerous Liaisons or Les Liaisons dangereuses