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Manon Lescaut
by Abbe (Translated by L. W. Tancock) Prevost
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Penguin Classics No. L13; Manon Lescaut is a story of an upper-class young man, Chevalier Des Grieux, who falls in love with a lower-class young woman, Manon Lescaut. They run away together without getting married, and Des Grieux discovers that Manon’s love of luxury is greater than her desire to stay faithful. Manon takes a wealthy lover, which upsets and angers Des Grieux, although this leads to him and Manon tricking him out of some money and enables them to live in luxury before they are ruined. This storyline repeats itself three times, with each fallout greater and with more lasting consequences than the one before. The novella ends tragically and without much hope, although there is a ray of light in Des Grieux’s decision to pursue the moral road again. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 190 pages. Spine browned with age. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges slightly foxed. Black titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Classics; France; Fiction. Inventory No: 2679. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2679
- Title
- Manon Lescaut
- Author
- Abbe (Translated by L. W. Tancock) Prevost
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Classics/French Literature/Penguin Classics Literature & Literary; Classics; France; Fiction. Unbranded Abbe (Translated by L. W. Tancock) Prevost Manon Lescaut
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- 12mo
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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