Abbé Prévost | Author

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Abbé Prévost, 1697 - 1763 Novelist Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles was born in Hesdin, and he was educated there at a Jesuit school. He was ordained a priest in the Benedictine Order in 1726 and abandoned the order two years later, living several years in England and Holland. Prévost is best show more known for "Memoires et Aventures d'un Homme de Qualite" (Memoirs and Adventures of a Man of Quality, 7 vol., 1728-1731). The seventh volume is "Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" (1731), which is popularly known as Manon Lescaut. The novel chronicles the tragic romance of a young aristocrat and a courtesan and was inspired by the operas Manon (1884), by Jules Massenet, and Manon Lescaut (1893), by Giacomo Puccini. His novels with English themes, as well as his translations of the British novelist Samuel Richardson, encouraged French interest in English literature. Those titles included "Pamela" (1742) and Clarissa" (1751). (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité qui s'est retiré du monde.…

Works by Abbé Prévost

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Manon Lescaut (1731) 2,110 copies, 53 reviews

Sapho: Manon Lescaut (1919) 41 copies, 1 review

Memoires van een Turkse dame (1999) 26 copies

Carmen / Manon Lescaut / Sapho (International Collectors Library) (1950) 16 copies

Manon Lescaut / Carmen (1966) 11 copies

Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui… — Editor — 5 copies

Adventures of a man of quality (1995) 5 copies, 1 review

Le Philosophe Anglois, Vol. 4: Histoire de Cleveland, Fils Naturel de Cromwel (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 5 copies, 1 review

Manon Lescaut, extraits. (1937) 4 copies

Le Doyen de Killerine, histoire morale composée sur les Mémoires d'une illusre famille d'Irlande.. par l'auteur des… 3 copies, 1 review

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Malte ou Histoire de la jeunesse du commandeur de*** (2005) 3 copies

Three Famous French Romances (Sapho, Manon Lescaut, and Carmen) 2 copies

Manuel lexique, ou Dictionnaire portatif des mots françois dont la signification n'est pas familiere a tout le monde (1755) 2 copies

Manon Lescaut - BAC 2023 (2022) 2 copies

Le Monde Moral, Ou Mémoires Pour Servir A L'Histoire Du Cœur Humain Premiere Partie [...] 2 copies, 1 review

Contes, avantures et faits singuliers [Texte imprimé]etc., recueillis de M. l'abbé Prévost. Tome premier… 2 copies

Histoire de Marguerite d'Anjou, Reine d'Angleterre ...... 2 copies

Historia del caballero des Grieux y de Manon Lescaut 2 copies, 1 review

Histoire générale des voyages, tome74. Histoire du Groenland et histoire du Kamtschatka 1 copy

Manon Lescaut (2020) 1 copy

Roman-Zeitung, Manon Lescaut, 376, 7/1981, (1981) 1 copy

Sapho and Manon Lescaut (Modern Library 85.1) 1 copy

Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles. Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut .… 1 copy

Storia di Manon Lescaut e del cavaliere De Grieux. 1 copy

Tristan si Iseut. Manon Lescaut. Paul si Virginia 1 copy

The Story of a Modern Greek Woman 1 copy

Historia Manon Lescaut i kawalera des Grieux 1 copy

Storia del Cavalier des Grieux e di Manon Lescaut 1 copy

Manon Lesko. Opasnye sviazi. 1 copy

Manon e Margherita 1 copy

Historia de Manon Lescaut y el caballero Des Grieux : novela 1 copy

Manon Lescaut . Carmen 1 copy

Histoire de Guillaume le Conquérant, duc de Normandie et roi d'Angleterre. Par M. l'abbé P***. T. 1-2 1 copy

Nouvelles Lettres Angloises, ou Histoire du Chevalier Grandisson, Vol. 4: Augmentée de Huit Lettres Qui n'Ont Point… (2017) 1 copy

Lettres Angloises, Ou Histoire de Miss. Clarisse Harlove, Vol. 4: Augmentee de L'Eloge de Richardson, Des Lettres… (2017) 1 copy

Histoire générale des voyages, tome 73. Histoire du Groenland. 1 copy

Manon Lescaut - Extraits (Classiques Larousse) (1937) 1 copy

Manon Lescaut - BAC 2025 (2022) 1 copy

Memoires d'un honnête homme. To ME Premier 1 copy

The Story of Manon Lescaut 1 copy

Manon Lescaut. Quatorze aquarelles de Constantin Somoff. 1 copy

The life and entertaining adventures of Mr. Cleveland, natural son of Oliver Cromwell, 1 copy

BiblioLycée - Manon Lescaut, Abbé Prévost (BAC 1res générale et Technologiques) -… (2022) 1 copy

Manon Lescaut - Bac Français 1re 2023 - Classiques et Patrimoine: Bac Français 2023 (2022) 1 copy

Manon Lescaut - Bac 2024: Parcours : personnage en marge, plaisir du romanesque (2022) 1 copy

HISTOIRE DU CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX ET DE MANON LESCAUT. 1 copy

Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut 1 copy

His lady 1 copy, 1 review

Memoires et Avantures d'un Homme de Qualite, Qui s'elf retire du monde, Tome Premier 1 copy

Mémoires d'un honnête homme 1 copy

Manon lescaut (Best) (1978) 1 copy

Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par… 1 copy

Mémoires et Aventures d'un homme de qualité, Œuvres choisies de l'abbé Prévost (2008) 1 copy

Abrégé de l'Histoire générale des Voyages 1 copy

The Greek Girl's Story: Abbé Prévost, translated and with an introduction by Alan J. Singerman (2014) 1 copy

Geschichte einer Neugriechin. (1906) 1 copy

The history of the Chevalier des Grieux. Written by himself. Translated from the French. ... Volume 1 of 2 (2010) 1 copy

Manon Lescaut presente par Pierre Mac Orlan 1 copy

Η Ιστορία του Ιππότη Ντε Γκριέ και της Μανόν Λεσκώ 1 copy, 1 review

La Petite Bibliothèque Coffret 5 volumes : Manon Lescaut ; Eugénie Grandet ; Mademoiselle de Maupin ; Colomba ; Au… (2005) 1 copy

Manon Lescaut - Abbé Prévost, Les classiques de la littérature: 10 (French Edition) (2020) 1 copy

Manon Lescaut - Classiques & Cie lycée (2011) 1 copy

Geschichte des Chevalier des Grieux und der Manon Lescaut. (1988) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Libertine Reader: Eroticism and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century France (1997) — Contributor — 69 copies

The Letters to Brutus (1992) — Translator, some editions — 13 copies

Profil littérature, profil d'une oeuvre : Abbé Prévost - Manon Lescaut :… (1970) — Contributor — 10 copies

Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou, depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607 — Contributor, some editions — 5 copies

Great French romances : four complete novels (1946) — Contributor — 4 copies

Franska sjuttonhundratalsromaner 4 copies

Profil d'une oeuvre : Manon Lescaut de l'Abbé Prévost (2003) — Contributor — 2 copies

Histoire de la maison de Stuart, sur le trône d'Angleterre. Par M. Hume. [Trad. par A.-F. Prévost]. T. 1-3 — Translator, some editions — 2 copies

Lettres angloises, ou Histoire de miss Clarisse Harlove. [Trad. par A.-F. Prévost]. T. 2-6 — Translator, some editions — 1 copy

Journal étranger. Ouvrage périodique. [Publ. par A.-F. Prévot, F.-V. Toussaint e. a.]. 1754, avril-novembre; 1755… — Editor, some editions — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Prévost, Abbé
Legal name: Prévost, Antoine-François
Other names: Prévost d'Exiles, Antoine-François
Prévost, Antoine-François, dit Prévost d'Exiles
Birthdate: 1697-04-01
Date of death: 1763-12-23
Gender: male
Nationality: France
Birthplace: Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
Place of death: Chantilly, France
Places of residence: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
Chantilly, France
London, England
Holland
Education: Jesuit school, Hesdin
Occupations: priest
novelist
tutor
forger
soldier

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Manon Lescaut by Abade Prévost

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Nagib | 52 other reviews | Oct 21, 2024 |

Manon Lescaut (Penguin Classics) by abbé Prévost

What a drama queen. Stilted by the main character’s ridiculous actions.

½

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tgamble54 | 52 other reviews | Aug 5, 2023 |

Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles

Maybe even 1.5*…

A more complete review will come but here are some thoughts I have upon finishing this French classic. I disliked the main character and also the manner in which the story is related. He is forever talking in extremes - stuff like "I was the most wretched creature that ever existed". Despite all his attention to Manon and talk about her beauty and virtues, I never got any feeling for her character; all the reader gets is how the Chevalier sees her.

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leslie.98 | 52 other reviews | Jun 27, 2023 |

Manon Lescaut by abbé Prévost

I enjoyed this read for the observations of a 1700's story...and how well it translates to current perspective. However, the characters are the kind you just want to shake! The main fellow is not merely blinded by love...he's made completely senseless by desperate obsession. It was a tragedy...and I am the sort who weeps throughout a tragic story...but not once did I shed a tear, not even as the story concluded.

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Martialia | 52 other reviews | Sep 28, 2022 |

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