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Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut

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  • Author：Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles
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Florian Leperlier ，

Je pense que ce livre offre des scènes trop répétitives et un personnage beaucoup trop aveuglée par ses convictions。 Néanmoins， je donne un point positif à l'exaltation des passions représentée dans le roman qui emporte le lecteur。 Je pense que ce livre offre des scènes trop répétitives et un personnage beaucoup trop aveuglée par ses convictions。 Néanmoins， je donne un point positif à l'exaltation des passions représentée dans le roman qui emporte le lecteur。 。。。more

Roger ，

O livro é magnifico， não consigo pensar em um adjetivo que melhor represente。É uma obra da França de 1731， foi incompreendida na sua época-sendo queimado pelas autoridades francesas， que nele viram um atentado aos bons costumes。 Tal livro sobreviveu ao julgamento do tempo e está presente na atualidade， proporcionando uma visão da cultura francesa em sua completa forma。Basicamente， conta história de um jovem de boa família que arruína sua vida pelo amor de uma cortesã， que adora aproveitar-se das O livro é magnifico， não consigo pensar em um adjetivo que melhor represente。É uma obra da França de 1731， foi incompreendida na sua época-sendo queimado pelas autoridades francesas， que nele viram um atentado aos bons costumes。 Tal livro sobreviveu ao julgamento do tempo e está presente na atualidade， proporcionando uma visão da cultura francesa em sua completa forma。Basicamente， conta história de um jovem de boa família que arruína sua vida pelo amor de uma cortesã， que adora aproveitar-se das riquezas e extravagâncias que o mundo oferece。 A obra aborda os seguintes assuntos: divergências filosóficas entre escolher a virtude e amor， valor da amizade e companheirismo， amor verdadeiro e entre outros。（Autor bastante detalhista do ambiente， dos pensamentos e sentimentos， no usa inúmeras expressões para tentar representar a complexidade dos personagens）Assim， a obra é impecável， ela não se resume somente as informações que detalhei。 Qualquer tipo de produção （ex。 livro） vai além da história retratada， ela é sobre o autor que a escreveu， sua época （costumes， cultura e etc）， o porquê escolheu tais palavras e infinitas percepções sobre cada acontecimento。（link da obra: http://www。ebooksbrasil。org/adobeeboo。。。） 。。。more

clara ，

y’avait du potentiel

Elsa Carrion ，

I don't even know how to put words down for this book。 Is there truly someone that will allow themselves to go through what he went through with this female。 Was it really love or plain stubbornness。 It was a small challenge to wrap my head around and get used to the dialect of the language。 I was finally comfortable enough to speed up my reading about 1/2 into the book。 I still had to look up some words and found a few new words that if I use will surly impress friends。 lolIt did take me a litt I don't even know how to put words down for this book。 Is there truly someone that will allow themselves to go through what he went through with this female。 Was it really love or plain stubbornness。 It was a small challenge to wrap my head around and get used to the dialect of the language。 I was finally comfortable enough to speed up my reading about 1/2 into the book。 I still had to look up some words and found a few new words that if I use will surly impress friends。 lolIt did take me a little longer to read but as I was reading and these two individuals make the decisions they make， only made me like them less and less。 I felt nothing for them at the end of their story。 They had so many opportunities to live a normal life yet they chose to scene， cheat， lie， manipulate ect。 in order to live like the rich。 Therefor， I felt no sadness for the way their story ended。 。。。more

alyssia ，

j'aime pas mal noter un livre mais la， en vrai c'est meme pas j'ai pas aimé， c'est surtout j'ai rien compris au livre 😭 j'aime pas mal noter un livre mais la， en vrai c'est meme pas j'ai pas aimé， c'est surtout j'ai rien compris au livre 😭 。。。more

Mila ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Alors en vrai j'ai bien aimé Mais :Des Grieux m'a un peu saoule，la mort de Manon était un peu nulle（au final ils avaient pas besoin de fuir），je suis mitigé en fait mais j'ai quand même bien aimé。 Alors en vrai j'ai bien aimé Mais :Des Grieux m'a un peu saoule，la mort de Manon était un peu nulle（au final ils avaient pas besoin de fuir），je suis mitigé en fait mais j'ai quand même bien aimé。 。。。more

Shann Ayissou ，

Ça sent。

Eglantine ，

On peut pas mettre 0 donc 1 étoile heinMais c'est clairement nul et long à lire。Les personnages sont vicieux et sans interet， on a juste envie d'éclater le livre sur les murs pendant toute la lecture On peut pas mettre 0 donc 1 étoile heinMais c'est clairement nul et long à lire。Les personnages sont vicieux et sans interet， on a juste envie d'éclater le livre sur les murs pendant toute la lecture 。。。more

Lilian ，

J’ai pas aimé， merci à dismoi。eu qui m’a permis de lire ce livre plus rapidement 🙏

Sarah :） ，

L'histoire n'était pas déplaisante à lire， mais je trouve que les événements étaient un peu répétitif。 J'ai plus accroché à la fin。Au niveau des personnages， je les ai trouvé très intéressants。Et un avantage， c'est que ce roman est assez court et se lit rapidement :） L'histoire n'était pas déplaisante à lire， mais je trouve que les événements étaient un peu répétitif。 J'ai plus accroché à la fin。Au niveau des personnages， je les ai trouvé très intéressants。Et un avantage， c'est que ce roman est assez court et se lit rapidement :） 。。。more

visitedfriends ，

eh trop lol c'est un simp eh trop lol c'est un simp 。。。more

Maïa ，

3，5✨

Missberet ，

Chevalier des Grieux is destined for the priesthood， but there is a snag in his Father's plans。 He sets his eyes upon Manon Lescaut and loses everything that once was to want what may be。 Being very handsome pursues her and she proclaims he has her heart。。。。but that does not stop this beautiful woman from whoring for a living to maintain the luxury she requires。 Eventually they are imprisoned for scamming a wealthy man。 Once out of jail and from his Father who took him back to resume the cloth。 Chevalier des Grieux is destined for the priesthood， but there is a snag in his Father's plans。 He sets his eyes upon Manon Lescaut and loses everything that once was to want what may be。 Being very handsome pursues her and she proclaims he has her heart。。。。but that does not stop this beautiful woman from whoring for a living to maintain the luxury she requires。 Eventually they are imprisoned for scamming a wealthy man。 Once out of jail and from his Father who took him back to resume the cloth。 Soon， though their fate leads them to America as prisoners and a new set of laws and rules。。。。 。。。more

Laure Le ，

C'est un livre que j'ai lu pour mon cours de français。 J'ai mis longtemps à le lire mais en vrai il était bien。 C'est un livre que j'ai lu pour mon cours de français。 J'ai mis longtemps à le lire mais en vrai il était bien。 。。。more

Intissar ，

read it for school but honestly not bad。

Mickaël Debayeux ，

D'habitude je suis le genre de personne prétentieuse qui aime les livres de cours mais là ma limite se pose。 D'habitude je suis le genre de personne prétentieuse qui aime les livres de cours mais là ma limite se pose。 。。。more

Daniel ，

Magnificent， simply magnificent！！！

Popo1234 ，

2，5

Rozen Audoux ，

Long， histoire peu intéressante， et mal organisé （seulement 2 longs chapitres， les dialogues sont incrusté dans les paragraphes） donc difficile à lire。

Jeffrey ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 On the recommendation of a course （great courses audiobook） on short literature， the ecstasies and tortures of love， question about how love is expressed （did they actually talk that way？！ And to what extremes love can make one crazy！）

Mayak ，

j'ai bu un shot à chaque fois que Des Grieux disait "transport" et j'ai fini en coma éthylique j'ai bu un shot à chaque fois que Des Grieux disait "transport" et j'ai fini en coma éthylique 。。。more

Lena ，

Répétitif

Jared ，

This isn’t the type of novel I would typically read， but I read it for a class on the Global 18th century and didn’t dislike it。 The two main characters， Des Grieux and Manon， are awful and annoying， but I was still interested in their story to some extent。 There are hundreds of novels I’d pick up over this one， but if you’re interested in pre 1800s literature you may enjoy it。

reader ，

ça aurait presque pu être un BL vu la chemistry entre Tiburge et Des Grieux mais bon … history will call them anything but lovers

Angela ，

Muy pesados los protagonistas。

Mona ，

Sympa pour un livre de français

Persefone lisbooks ，

Llegué a él por su importancia en “la dama de las camelias “ como nexo entre las dos historias y tengo que decir que aunque apreciando la pluma de Dumas mucho más he disfrutado esta historia quizás un poco más sencilla y con personajes con menos poder de acción y emoción。

mkmaria_ ，

4，5⭐️❤️‍🩹

Jonas ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Manon Lescaut is most comparable to modern soap operas in its tendency toward the melodramatic and irrational to drive the plot， rather than characters making any sort of logical decision。 While Prévost's prose is not deserving of harsh criticism， that is the extent of the credit I believe he is due。 The characters of Chevalier des Grieux， Manon Lescaut， M。 de T。 and both G。M。 senior and the younger feel irrational， flat and wooden。 The decisions made by des Grieux in particular reek of the 18th Manon Lescaut is most comparable to modern soap operas in its tendency toward the melodramatic and irrational to drive the plot， rather than characters making any sort of logical decision。 While Prévost's prose is not deserving of harsh criticism， that is the extent of the credit I believe he is due。 The characters of Chevalier des Grieux， Manon Lescaut， M。 de T。 and both G。M。 senior and the younger feel irrational， flat and wooden。 The decisions made by des Grieux in particular reek of the 18th century cult of sensibility。 Too often， Manon and des Grieux are too often pardoned from facing the consequences of their criminal and immoral actions because they are both too beautiful and wealthy to face them。 From the novel's beginning， Manon is characterized as a hedonist who searches for men who can provide for her lavish lifestyle （13） and has been put into a convent by her parents who hope to rid her of her such a quality。 Des Grieux himself is a studious and pious young man and along with Tiberge， the two intend to join a priesthood。 Tiberge is the only character in this book that seems to have any sense， and yet， he is frequently ignored， deceived and mistreated by both des Grieux and Manon。 They quickly elope despite Tiberge's warnings against it， and shortly afterwards， Manon proves her infidelity with an affair with M de B which des Grieux allows himself to be ignorant to。 After he learns of this， he swears off of her and joins the priesthood in earnest， to the joy of both Tiberge and his father。 However， despite admitting to her infidelity （31）， des Grieux is swept back into a passionate and irrational state of mind。 The two find lodging together， and along with Manon's shady brother， Lescaut， the three of them go on a crime spree that lasts most of the book。Des Grieux， under the guidance （or misguidance） of Lescaut becomes a card sharper in order to provide for Manon's lavish lifestyle， yet despite this， Manon burns through his funds quickly and causes des Grieux great anxiety that if he cannot continuously feed her insatiable appetite for luxury， she will quickly leave him for another wealthier man。 When their maids and servants rob them， Lescaut essentially pimps out his sister to a wealthy and old （Manon is around 15-17 at this time） M。 de G。M。 Manon， of course， goes along with it despite des Grieux's rage。 When he comes to confront her， they make up a plan to rob G。M。 because Manon easily convinced des Grieux that her plan was to do this the whole time （it definitely was not）， and of course， being that G。M。 is a wealthy and connected man， he gets them arrested。 Des Grieux goes to a place called Saint-Lazare， and is treated very well for him being in prison because he is attractive， young， and high in status。 Still， he freaks out because Manon is at what is essentially a psych ward。 Long story short， the Father Superior thinks des Grieux is worth saving and tries to make him see reason and he doesn't。 When G。M。 comes to Saint-Lazare， des Grieux assaults him and gets away with it because the Superior is blinded by sensibility ideals （61，63）。 Because the Father Superior buys into Chevalier's nonsense， he is able to get a hold of poor， too-kind Tiberge and gets money as well as a letter to Lescaut who avoided being arrested （67）。 Des Grieux has Lescaut bring him a pistol in order to intimidate the Father Superior and escape， and he promises he won't kill anyone， and THEN PROCEEDS TO KILL A SERVANT （71）。 Anyway， Chevalier and Lescaut reunite and meet some random rich man named M。 de T。 who decides that （because sensibility） des Grieux seems enough like himself to be worth helping break his mistress from the Hôpital （74-75）。Anyway， Lescaut is killed because he is a con artist （80） shortly after Manon escapes， and she is sad for a whole 2 pages before forgetting he ever existed。 She also claims that she will never leave des Grieux again （81） so that's nice。 Also， despite his friend being dead， des Grieux is in a good mood because the Father Superior was too blinded by sensibility to have the police sent after him and Paris is once again safe for him to roam freely。 Then， for some reason， an Italian Prince wants to be with Manon， making des Grieux really anxious。 Manon plays a weird joke by holding onto des Grieux's hair and saying to the prince "Here us the man I love and whom I have vowed to love all my life。 Compare yourself。。。I declare that in the eyes of your humble servant all the princes in Italy are not worth one of the hairs I am holding in my hand" （92） which was a very strange way to prove a point。 G。M。 the Younger then catches Manon's eye， and of course it causes drama。 Manon basically leaves him for young G。M。 and sends a servant girl to fill the void she left behind （which is gross）。 Des Grieux loses his mind and goes to G。M。's place to confront her， and says "you are a woman， you belong to a sex which I abominate and have finished with for good。" （103）。 Which honestly， Tiberge would be a more faithful and caring lover than Manon ever was so maybe this is a good thing。 But， of course， Manon apologizes and immediately wins him back。 He immediately apologizes for being upset （108）。 She， again， wants to rob a G。M。 which sounds stupid but they do it anyway。 They have Young G。M。 KIDNAPPED （115） but a lackey he had with him gets Old G。M。 and the two idiots get thrown into prison AGAIN （119，120）。 While in prison， des Grieux barely suffers but complains the entire time because he's away from Manon and sensibility dictates that he be emotional and barely coherent at any given moment。 His father comes to scold him but an apology wins his favor within seconds （125）。 However， Manon is not going to get off easy， and both his father and G。M。 want to send her to America because it's 1731 and that's where the French put all the gold-diggers， I guess。 Des Grieux nearly attempts to murder both G。M。s （128） but then grows a brain stem and realizes that helps no one。 He severs all ties with his dad because his dad will not help him save Manon （128） even though his father is well in the right。 Des Grieux winds up following the caravan to the port on foot to sail to America with Manon， and time after time he is called a "nice fellow" and "decent man" which is delusional at best。 They then sail off to New Orleans which is ugly and gross because it's 1731 and yet， because they are "well bred" the governor spares no expense to make their lives as comfortable as possible （143）。 They pretend to be married for like 10 months， then try to actually get married， but the knowledge that they are not legally married piques the governor's nephew's interest， a man named Synnelet。 Synnelet and des Grieux duel， and des Grieux somehow wins， and knowing that he would be put to death， Manon and des Grieux leave New Orleans to either impose upon some indigenous people or annoy the English。 Unfortunately， because Manon and Chevalier are both French city-dwellers， they can't hang in the North American wilderness， and Manon simply passes away through sheer will （152）。 Honestly， it was a long time coming。 Des Grieux tries to will himself to death too， but as it turned out， Synnelet did not die， but instead lived and told his uncle what went down。 They wound up looking for Manon and Chevalier， and found him a couple of leagues out of town。 Chevalier des Grieux lives because， he believes， God's punishment。 The book ends with Tiberge， poor （definitely gay） Tiberge， sailing to New Orleans to urge des Grieux back to France。 Luckily， （well maybe unluckily for the French people） he agrees， and it closes out with the two making preparations to return to France where des Grieux's dad is dead。 The book itself is written fine。 I was never confused nor lost while reading， however， the characters， des Grieux in particular， were so grating and unpleasant to read about， that I wound up hating the book and rooting for his downfall。 Manon herself was honestly fairly engaging as a character。 She worked within the system of 18th century France and used it to give herself the most pleasant life possible， especially considering that she was of humble birth， however being that she was also a woman written in 1731， she was not very well-rounded or complex beyond that。 Tiberge was my favorite character， but his constant forgiveness and kindness grew frustrating because I know des Grieux did not deserve it。 Overall， this was a book about manipulation and the cult of sensibility that was rife in 18th century society， and while I can appreciate that， that did not make it any less of a chore to get through。 At least it was short。 。。。more

Fox ，

I had to read this for school。 It is old， very old， and I tend to not like old things， for some reason。 The only thing that kept me reading was the obvious （to me） fact that Tiberge and Des Grieux are in love。 Don't worry， this isn't a spoiler， because， like I said， it's an old book and a new interpretation that few people will share。 It might solely be the way authors used to describe friendliness， but it definitely felt VERY friendly。I had fun though， picking it apart with my modern gaze， in a I had to read this for school。 It is old， very old， and I tend to not like old things， for some reason。 The only thing that kept me reading was the obvious （to me） fact that Tiberge and Des Grieux are in love。 Don't worry， this isn't a spoiler， because， like I said， it's an old book and a new interpretation that few people will share。 It might solely be the way authors used to describe friendliness， but it definitely felt VERY friendly。I had fun though， picking it apart with my modern gaze， in a way that it was DEFINITELY not meant to be。 。。。more

tpg0 ，

As an AI language model， I don't have personal views or opinions， but I can provide you with some information regarding the book 'Manon Lescaut。' 'Manon Lescaut' is a novel written by French author Abbe Prevost。 It was first published in 1731 and is considered one of the great works of French literature。 The novel tells the tragic story of a young woman， Manon， who is torn between her love for the penniless student Des Grieux and her desire for a life of luxury and higher social standing。 The novel is known for its vivid descriptions of the protagonists' passionate and destructive relationships and the moral ambiguity of their actions。 The novel has been adapted into several operas， plays， and films， and it has had a significant influence on French literature and culture。 It is often studied in French literature classes and is considered a classic of European literature。

tpg1 ，

As an AI language model， I cannot form an personal opinion about the book "Manon Lescaut" by Antoine François Prévost。 However， I can provide you some information about the book。 "Manon Lescaut" is a novel about a young woman named Manon who is torn between her love for the young nobleman Des Grieux and her desire for a luxurious life。 The novel is widely considered one of the earliest examples of French sentimentalism and was a popular novel in the 18th century。 It has been adapted into operas， ballets， and films。 The novel explores themes of love， passion， desire， and social class。 The book is known for its vivid depiction of characters and scenes and is considered an influential work in French literature。

tpg2 ，

As an AI language model， I do not have personal opinions， but I can provide some information about the book 'Manon Lescaut'。 'Manon Lescaut' is a novel written by French author Antoine François Prévost in 1731。 The story is a tragic love tale， which follows the journey of the titular character Manon Lescaut， a beautiful girl from a poor family who falls in love with a young man named Chevalier des Grieux。 The novel explores themes such as love， desire， wealth， sacrifice， and human nature。 It is considered one of the most iconic novels of the 18th century and has been adapted into various forms of art， including operas， ballets， and films。 Overall， 'Manon Lescaut' is a classic French novel that is still celebrated for its captivating storytelling and intriguing characters。

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