Manon Lescaut

Name: Manon Lescaut
Brand: Oxford University Press
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By Abbé Prévost

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"The sweetness of her glance, or rather my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to my ruin, did not allow me to hesitate for a moment." So begins the story of Manon Lescaut, a tale of passion and betrayal, of delinquency and misalliance, which moves from early eighteenth-century Paris--with its theatres, assemblies, and gaming-houses-via prison and deportation to a tragic denouement in the treeless wastes of Louisiana. It is one of the great love stories, and also one of the most enigmatic: how reliable a witness is Des Grieux, Manon's lover, whose tale he narrates? Is Manon a thief and a whore, the image of love itself, or a thoroughly modern woman? Prevost is careful to leave the ambiguities unresolved, and to lay bare the disorders of passion. This new translation includes the vignette and eight illustrations that were approved by Prevost and first published in the edition of 1753.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

208

Release Date:

2009-02-15

Publication Date:

2009-02-15

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0199554927

ISBN13:

9780199554928

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

189 g

Height:

128 cm

Width:

198 cm

Thickness:

14 cm

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