«Manon était la douceur et la complaisance même. Elle avait pour moi des attentions si délicates, que je me crus trop parfaitement dédommagé de toutes mes peines. .../... Manon était passionnée pour le plaisir ; je l'étais pour elle. Il nous naissait, à tous moments, de nouvelles occasions de dépens
Manon Lescaut: the Story of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
✍ Scribed by Abbe Prevost
- Publisher
- SCB Distributors;Dedalus
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1907650466
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✦ Synopsis
Manon Lescaut is a classic of French Literature, has never been out of print in France since its publication in 1731 and has inspired several operatic versions and at least three films. Set in Regency Paris and Louisiana around 1720, it has a significance which transcends its context. It is a love story, but a profoundly ambiguous one. Is it a cautionary tale, warning of the dangers to which passion, blindly followed, can lead? Or does it illustrate the redemptive power of love, as Des Grieux's perseverance in his devotion to Manon eventually brings about a profound change of heart in her, and seems to make possible a lasting happiness based on deep, mutual affection? The ambiguity persists to the end, when death snatches that happiness away. As well as a tragic love story, this is also an adventure story with a host of incidents and a wide range of characters. There are three infidelities, three escapes, three abductions, and two murders. The action spans two continents and a...
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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
Desde su primera aparición pública, en 1731, la pérfida Manon ha seducido a generaciones enteras de hombres y mujeres como arquetipo de la cortesana buena, pero inconstante, y ambiciosa de bienes materiales, de la mujer que hace perder el sentido y nos invita a escuchar el llamado de la pasión en un
Desde su primera aparición pública, en 1731, la pérfida Manon ha seducido a generaciones enteras de hombres y mujeres como arquetipo de la cortesana buena, pero inconstante, y ambiciosa de bienes materiales, de la mujer que hace perder el sentido y nos invita a escuchar el llamado de la pasión en un
«Manon était la douceur et la complaisance même. Elle avait pour moi des attentions si délicates, que je me crus trop parfaitement dédommagé de toutes mes peines. .../... Manon était passionnée pour le plaisir ; je l'étais pour elle. Il nous naissait, à tous moments, de nouvelles occasions de dépens
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