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  • Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles! ... Read more

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  • Manon Lescaut, in English translation

    by Abbé Prevost ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Antoine François Prévost (Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles) (April 1, 1697 - December 23, 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French author and novelist… during his residence at the Hague, he engaged on a translation of De Thou's Historia, and, relying on the popularity of his first book, published at Amsterdam a Suite in three volumes, forming volumes ... Read more

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  • Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut is a timeless French classic that explores the intoxicating power of love, desire, and the tragic consequences of passion unchecked by reason. Written by Abbé Prévost and first published in 1731, the novel tells the unforgettable story of the young nobleman Chevalier des Grieux and the captivating yet unpredictable Manon Lescaut. When des Grieux first meets Manon, he is instantly ... Read more

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  • Manon Lescaut

    Why did he love her? Curious fool, be still! Is human love the fruit of human will? ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Manon Lescaut

    A Chevalier and His Ruin

    Series series Love & Society
    Complete and unabridged, with 16 full-page plates by Willem van de Velde the Younger, Adrien Manglard and Jean-Baptiste Lallemand. A seventeen-year-old chevalier meets a girl being sent to a convent against her will, and throws over his family, his studies and eventually his honor to keep her — repeatedly, each time worse. Prévost was a Benedictine who twice fled his order; the book was burned in ... Read more

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  • Manon Lescaut

    by Abbe Prevost ...
    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 ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Manon Lescaut (UNABRIDGED)

    Narrated by Alaina Joy ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 6 min

    Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut (on which the Puccini opera is based) takes as its themes passionate, tragic love, and redemption through suffering. It is the story of the Chevalier des Grieux, a student, who sees Manon as she is being taken to a convent, and instantly falls in love with her. He offers to save her from the convent, and the two young lovers run away to Paris. There follow many ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Manon Lescaut

    by Abbe Prevost ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 48 min

    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 ... Read more

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  • Manon Lescaut

    Translated by Angela Scholar ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The sweetness of her glance - or rather, my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to my ruin - did not allow me to hesitate for a moment' So begins the story of Manon Lescaut, a tale of passion and betrayal, of delinquency and misalliance, which moves from early eighteenth-century Paris - with its theatres, assemblies, and gaming-houses - via prison and deportation to a tragic ... Read more

    $7.59 CAD

  • Manon Lescaut

    Set in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, the story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's ... Read more

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  • Manon Lescaut

    Set in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, the story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's ... Read more

    $1.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Manon Lescaut

    "Manon appeared frightened by the first view of this melancholy dwelling. It was on my account much more than upon her own, that she distressed herself. When we were left to ourselves, she sat down and wept bitterly. I attempted at first to console her; but when she enabled me to understand that it was for my sake she deplored our privations, and that in our common afflictions she only considered ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD