Manon Lescaut
Author: Antoine François Prévost
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….Read More
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