A devastating depiction of obsessive love and a haunting portrait of a captivating but dangerous woman
When the young Chevalier des Grieux first sets eyes on the exquisitely beautiful and charming Manon Lescaut they fall passionately in love. But his happiness turns to bitter despair when he discovers that Manon is mercenary and immoral, and has taken a rich lover to pay for their life of pleasure. A broken man, he swears to stay away from her, but cannot. Just as the Chevalier is helpless to end their relationship, so Manon is incapable of giving up the source of her income,...
A devastating depiction of obsessive love and a haunting portrait of a captivating but dangerous woman
L'Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, plus communement appele Manon Lescaut, est un roman-memoires de l'abbe Prevost faisant partie des Memoires et Aventures d'un homme de qualite qui s'est retire du monde (7 volumes, rediges de 1728 a 1731). Le livre etant juge scandaleux a deux reprises (1733 et 1735), saisi et condamne a etre brule, l'auteur publie en 1753, une nouvelle edition de Manon Lescaut revue, corrigee et augmentee d'un episode important. Les qualites humaines du roman seduisirent rapidement le public et en feront sa celebrite. A Propos Prevost: Antoine Francois...
L'Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, plus communement appele Manon Lescaut, est un roman-memoires de l'abbe Prevost faisant partie ...
Although causing scandal on its initial publication in 1731 and subsequently being banned, Manon Lescaut proved very popular with eighteenth-century readers, and remains one of literature's finest and most evocative depictions of obsessive love.
Although causing scandal on its initial publication in 1731 and subsequently being banned, Manon Lescaut proved very popular with eighteenth-century r...
