- Fiction, History, France in fiction, French language
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 noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Abbé Prévost
- First published
- 1734
- Pages
- 196
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com, Delarue, Constable
- Editions
- 288
- Language
- Dutch, Italian, tur, lad
- ISBN
- 9781490520483
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“I MUST take you back to the time when I first met the Chevalier des Grieux.”
**Antoine François Prévost** (*Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles*), usually known simply as the **Abbé Prévost**, was a French author and novelist.
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