num_pages: 210
description: The young Chevalier des Grieux recounts the tragic story of his passion for Manon and betrayal at her hands. Capricious, mercenary, alert to virtue but alive to pleasure, Manon is one of literature's "femmes fatales".
language: English
title: Manon Lescaut
titlecomplete: Manon Lescaut
characters: Manon Lescaut, Chevalier des Grieux
genres: Historical Fiction, French Literature, School, Novels, 18th Century, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 12285
places: Paris
publisher: Dedalus Limited