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Manon Lescaut
Abbé Prévost
其他書名
A Short Novel
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016-09-25
主題Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
ISBN15390776599781539077657
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cK0jvgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Manon Lescaut A Short Novelby Abbé PrévostManon Lescaut (L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut) is a short novel by French author Abbé Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité (Memoirs and Adventures of a Man of Quality).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. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's taste for luxury. He scrounges together money by borrowing from his unwaveringly loyal friend Tiberge and by cheating gamblers. On several occasions, Des Grieux's wealth evaporates (by theft, in a house fire, etc.), prompting Manon to leave him for a richer man because she cannot stand the thought of living in penury.