{"product_id":"manon-lescaut","title":"Manon Lescaut","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat would you give up for someone you cannot bear to lose—family, faith, honor, or your future?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Chevalier des Grieux is clever, well born, and destined for the Church. Then he meets Manon Lescaut at an inn in Amiens. He is seventeen; she is sixteen. Their love takes them to Paris, where his money buys a brief spell of pleasure, but cannot promise the comfort and security Manon craves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Abbé Prévost’s short French novel, passion leads to flight, gambling, prison, and quarrels with family. The Marquis de Renoncour records des Grieux’s account, giving us a lover’s story shaped by regret. As his steady friend Tiberge offers help and honest advice, des Grieux faces a question: what does he owe to love, and what does love excuse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA future put at risk\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a gifted young man as his attachment to Manon threatens everything expected of him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove seen through regret\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hear des Grieux tell his own story, calling his weakness fate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePleasure with a price\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter a Paris where rented rooms, dwindling money, and costly desires put love under pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA friend who stays\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Tiberge, whose repeated help and honest counsel stand against des Grieux’s reckless choices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eManon through his eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider a woman who loves des Grieux yet also longs for comfort, pleasure, and security.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love short, fast stories of passion and consequence, or want to explore the roots of love tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow des Grieux into a love he cannot give up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534620393820,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03283_en_ebook-front_c13.jpg?v=1792174968","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/manon-lescaut-de","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}