Manon Lescaut
by Abbé Prévost
Buy on AmazonThe Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. It tells a tragic love story about a nobleman and a common woman. Their decision to live together without marriage is the start of a moral decline that also leads to gambling, fraud, theft, murder, and Manon's death as a deportee in New Orleans.
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"For many years, my wife has given me a copy of the book "Manon Lescaut," by Abbé Prévost, for my birthday, each time in a different edition."
By the Book: Patrick Modiano · nytimes.com