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Monday, 25 October 2021 03:04
October’s Literary Birthday: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
by Suzanne Moore, Wilkes County Librarian
Coincidently, the month of October began with an observance of Banned Books Week and later, recognition of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (b. October 18, 1741) whose literary worth is noted by his famous epistolary novel, Dangerous Liaisions. A banned book in its own time (1782).