Exactly how steamy is this story?
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses is one steamy novel if you catch all of the metaphors the characters use. There are lots of references to nudity and sexual intercourse, including rape. A courtesan's body is used by one of the characters as a desk on which he writes a letter. The characters write about these episodes in a frank and often flirtatious manner. The novel was very shocking and titillating in its day.