by Abbé Prévost · L'Aventurine · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782845950306
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«Manon Lescaut» is the classic novel by Abbé Prévost, published by L'Aventurine in paperback (144 pages, in French).
The chevalier Des Grieux meets Manon Lescaut and falls in love with her. He was destined for the Order of Malta and she for a convent, but they flee together. Manon, fickle and fond of luxury, leads Des Grieux into deceit, crime and beggary; the novel shows a destructive passion and social corruption.
Work originally published in 1731; its original title is «Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut».
Novel for those interested in French classics and eighteenth-century romantic stories; also associated with school reading.
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.
