by Abbé Prévost · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070413539
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«Manon Lescaut» is a novel by Abbé Prévost, published by Editions Flammarion in paperback (277 pages, in French).
«Manon Lescaut» recounts the misfortunes of the young chevalier des Grieux and his turbulent relationship with Manon Lescaut, a free-spirited woman. The protagonist's passion clashes with duty, morality, and the prejudices of eighteenth-century French society, and his impulsive decisions have serious consequences.
Manon Lescaut was originally published in 1731 under the title «Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut»; this edition is from 2001.
It is aimed at literature students and readers of eighteenth-century French classics.
Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles, usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French priest, author, and novelist. He is best remembered for Manon Lescaut (1731), a romance and adventure novel, the most reprinted novel in French literary history.
