
Manon Lescaut
Abbe Prevost(Author)
Dedalus Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 22. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-1-873982-77-8 (ISBN)
Description
The inspiration for three films and several operas, this classic of French literature is set in Regency Paris and Louisiana around 1720. A tragic love story, it's also an epic adventure story with three infidelities, three escapes, three abductions and two murders. The action spans two continents and a social range extending from the aristocracy to the social outcast, from pillars of the establishment to pimps and prostitutes. Manon Lescaut's ambiguous love story has a transcendent significance: 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? After all, 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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambs
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-873982-77-8 (9781873982778)
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