Extractions: Britannica CD Index Articles Dictionary Help (b. April 1, 1697, Hesdin, Fr.d. Nov. 25, 1763, Chantilly), prolific French novelist whose fame rests entirely on one work Manon Lescaut (1731; in full Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut; "Story of the Chevalier of Grieux and of Manon Lescaut"). Originally published as the final installment of a seven-volume novel, Manon Lescaut is the basis of the operas Manon, by Jules Massenet, and Manon Lescaut, by Giacomo Puccini. A classic example of the 18th-century novel of feeling, Manon Lescaut tells the story of a young man of good family who ruins his life for a courtesan. Related Propaedia Topics: Eighteenth-century literature The novel
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