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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, an Uncommon card
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of the great examples of novelistic literature of the 18th century, that explores the amorous intrigues of the ______.
Answer
aristocracy. It is one of the great examples of novelistic literature of the 18th century, that explores the amorous intrigues of the aristocracy. From the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Khalil Sultan. Khalil Sultan 61 · Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 56 · Minnesota Army National Guard 53 · Alces 46 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A unique case in French literature, he was for a long time considered to be as scandalous a writer as the Marquis de Sade or Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne.
- He was a military officer with no illusions about human relations, and an amateur writer, his initial plan was to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death", from this point of view he mostly attained his goals with the fame of his masterwork Les Liaisons dangereuses.
- It is one of the great examples of novelistic literature of the 18th century, that explores the amorous intrigues of the aristocracy.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pierre Choderlos de Laclos article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Attributed to Alexander Kucharsky / Formerly attributed to Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
