ISBN: 9781442941496

The inspiration for three films and several operas, this classic of French literature is set in Regency Paris and Louisiana around 1720. A tragic love story, it's also an epic adventure s… More...

The inspiration for three films and several operas, this classic of French literature is set in Regency Paris and Louisiana around 1720. A tragic love story, it's also an epic adventure story with three infidelities, three escapes, three abductions and two murders. The action spans two continents and a social range extending from the aristocracy to the social outcast, from pillars of the establishment to pimps and prostitutes. Manon Lescaut's ambiguous love story has a transcendent significance: Is it a cautionary tale, warning of the dangers to which passion, blindly followed, can lead? Or does it illustrate the redemptive power of love? After all, Des Grieux's perseverance in his devotion to Manon eventually brings about a profound change of heart in her and seems to make possible a lasting happiness based on deep mutual affection. The ambiguity persists to the end, when death snatches that happiness away. Author Biography: Abbe Prevost (1697-1763) had an eventful life, including time spent in an English prison for forgery. A soldier, priest and Protestant convert, he was also a journalist, pamphleteer, translator of Richardson's novels and, in his declining years, a hack writer. His prolific output of novels, biographies and histories has long since been forgotten, with the exception of Manon Lescaut, his masterpiece. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, ReadHowYouWant Digital >16<

1, ISBN: 9781442941496

A classic of French Literature this novel spans two continents. With multifarious dimensions of a society and characters ranging from the aristocracy to the lower most class this is an en… More...

A classic of French Literature this novel spans two continents. With multifarious dimensions of a society and characters ranging from the aristocracy to the lower most class this is an engrossing work. With fast-paced plot the narrative also involves adventures expeditions and romance. That passion if followed blindly leads to destruction has been elucidated here. Fiction & Literature, , Manon Lescaut~~ Abbe Prevost~~Fiction & Literature~~9781442941496, EN, Manon Lescaut, Abbe Prevost, 9781442941496, ReadHowYouWant, 01/01/2006, , , , ReadHowYouWant, 01/01/2006<

1, ISBN: 9781442941496

A classic of French Literature this novel spans two continents. With multifarious dimensions of a society and characters ranging from the aristocracy to the lower most class this is an en… More...

A classic of French Literature this novel spans two continents. With multifarious dimensions of a society and characters ranging from the aristocracy to the lower most class this is an engrossing work. With fast-paced plot the narrative also involves Fiction & Literature, , Manon Lescaut~~ Abbe Prevost~~Fiction & Literature~~9781442941496, EN, Manon Lescaut, Abbe Prevost, 9781442941496, ReadHowYouWant, 01/01/2006, , , , ReadHowYouWant, 01/01/2006<

ISBN: 9781442941496

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ISBN: 9781442941496

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