Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

A wealthy widow

Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont

Merteuil's former lover

Madame de Rosemonde

Valmont's aunt

Madame de Tourvel

A guest staying with Rosemonde

Madame de Volanges

Merteuil's cousin

Cécile Volanges

The daughter of Madame de Volanges

Comte de Gercourt

Newly engaged to Cécile, and former lover of Merteuil

Le Chevalier Raphael de Danceny

A music teacher

Victoire

Merteuil's confidante

Émilie

A courtesan