Meet the Cast
The Vicomte de Valmont
Remember in the Dark Knight how the Joker's whole shtick is compelling people to violate their deepest principles? Really diabolical stuff. Well, meet the Vicomte de Valmont. He's also something of...
The Marquise de Merteuil
The Marquise de Merteuil is a wealthy widow who's even more heartless than Valmont, if that's possible. She's managed to cultivate a reputation as a virtuous woman while taking a series of lovers w...
Madame de Tourvel
The wife of the Président de Tourvel, Madame de Tourvel is staying with her friend, Madame de Rosemonde. She's known for her religious devotion, compassionate nature, and faithfulness to her husba...
Cécile Volanges
Poor Cécile is the collateral damage in Madame de Merteuil's war against Comte de Gercourt. Brought home from the convent school in preparation for her marriage to the Gercourt, Cécile has no ide...
The Chevalier Danceny
Danceny is Cécile's emotionally needy music teacher. Still very young, he falls for his student and begins a secret correspondence with her. Often his letters speak of his concern that Cécile doe...
Madame de Volanges
Madame de Volanges is a wealthy and pious woman who wants a good match for her daughter Cécile and has agreed to Comte de Gercourt's offer of marriage. When she discovers the liaisons between her...
Madame de Rosemonde
Valmont's aunt, Madame de Rosemonde, hosts Madame de Tourvel while her husband is away. She's one of the few kind and sympathetic characters of the novel. Madame de Tourvel describes her as having...
Prévan
An army officer, Prévan has a reputation for seduction much as Valmont does. The Vicomte doesn't like him at all. Unfortunately, what we hear about Prévan comes mostly from the Vicomte, whose acc...
Roux Aȥalon
Aȥolan is Valmont's valet and sometime spy. He enjoys living large with the money he gets from his employer. One of the perks of the job is to sleep with any woman who might be able to get informa...
Victoire
As Madame de Merteuil's chambermaid, she's Aȥolan's equivalent. The Marquise uses her to carry out her schemes. The Marquise gained Victoire's loyalty by having her thrown in jail, and then gettin...
The Comte de Gercourt
Even though he never makes an appearance in the book, Gercourt is the prime mover of the action. He's a former lover of the Marquise who left her for someone else—for a former lover of Valmont's,...
Sophie Carnay
Sophie is Cécile's friend from the convent and, for a time, her confidante. Sophie still lives at the convent and, from what we can tell from Cécile's letters to her, she doesn't approve of her f...