Manon Lescaut: [EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition] - Softcover

Prevost, Abbe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554803381 ISBN 13: 9781554803385

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Manon is the perfidious object of the Chevalier des Grieux's affections. She betrays him; his love for her threatens his every moral tenet, yet he clings to a belief in the redemptive power of love. Manon Lescaut is both operatic high tragedy and picaresque adventure. As Larkin's introduction emphasises, the ambiguity of the Jesuitical Des Grieux means that this love is far from innocent, and an enduring puzzle. --Isobel Montgomery in The Guardian

The tragic love story Manon Lescaut has been the model for operas (by Puccini, Massenet and Henze) and films for years. This French classic by Abbe Prevost, retranslated for the first time in 52 years by Steve Larkin, shows remarkable resiliency more than 200 years after its original publication. Set in Paris and Louisiana around 1720, it is the archetypal 18th - century romance, with the noble des Grieux as devoted lover and the worldly Manon as inconstant mistress." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Abbe Prevost was a French novelist and journalist. Through his translation of Richardson's work, he introduced English literature into France. He also published a periodical journal besides some novels and short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1554803381
• ISBN 13: 9781554803385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308