The kindness of a stranger persuades him to reveal his troubles, the story of his helpless and ill-starred love for Manon, and the mutually destructive affair which has given him, in turn, the joy of sexual love and the misery of betrayal ...

Manon Lescaut (1731) is a devastating depiction of obsessive love and a haunting portrait of a captivating but dangerous woman.

"First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 2004; Reissued 2008."--Title page verso.

One of the greatest love stories in European literature, this takes as its theme the decay of character in the face of uncontrollable passion.

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 ...

This is a worthy classic that should be on everybody's collection. Where do you stand on what you will do for love?

Manon Lescaut is a short novel by French author Abbé Prévost.

Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost Manon Lescaut (L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut) is a short novel by French author Abbe Prevost.