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Manon Lescaut

Author
Abbe Prevost
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
152 pages
ISBN
9781909676565
Published
15 May 2013
Imprint
Egoist Press
  • Manon Lescaut
  • Abbe Prevost
  • romance
  • psychological
  • philosophical
  • provoking
  • provocative
  • scandalous
  • France
  • French classic

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Description

Passion and tragedy intertwine as the young Chevalier des Grieux falls hopelessly in love with the enchanting and capricious Manon. Their fervent romance spirals through the opulence and peril of 18th-century France, as social constraints and desires clash. Prévost delves into themes of love's consuming power and moral complexity, crafting a poignant narrative that questions the very nature of devotion and fate.

Author

Abbé Prévost (1697–1763) wrote Manon Lescaut, the story of a passion that ruins a young man for love of a woman who cannot stay faithful to poverty. Few eighteenth-century novels are leaner or more devastating. Prévost's tale became opera, film, and a permanent European myth of desire against sense.

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