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Краткое содержание: Манон Леско
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 11 parts
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A young nobleman follows a chained girl across France, and each sacrifice pulls him further into ruin.
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Манон Леско — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
- Время чтения
- Около 3 h 55 min3 h 5 min fast, 4 h 40 min slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 56 100
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Средний longer sentences, everyday words
- Первая публикация
- 1731by Аббат Прево
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Манон Леско in short
Manon Lescaut tells of a young man of good family who gives up his name, his studies and his father's love for one girl. Des Grieux meets Manon in Amiens, runs off with her, and loses her to a richer lover. Each time he wins her back he sinks lower, into gambling, jail, violence and finally exile.
What Манон Леско is about
What would you give up for the person you love? A young French nobleman in this book gives everything, and then he keeps on giving. A traveler stops at a small inn at Passy and finds a crowd round twelve women chained together at the waist. One of them is so lovely, and so ashamed, that he cannot look away.
In a corner sits a penniless young man who has followed the convoy from Paris out of love for her. Two years later, at Calais, the traveler hears his whole story. Manon Lescaut was written by the Abbé Prévost and published in 1731. You get a tale of love, money, gambling, prison breaks, a faithful friend and an angry father, told by the Chevalier des Grieux, who tells his own faults plainly.
Для кого. Readers who enjoy obsessive love, sudden reversals of fortune, daring escapes and heartfelt narration will love this book. It also draws those curious about eighteenth century France.
The story in 11 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A chained girl at Passy opens the tale
A man of quality tells how he first met the Chevalier des Grieux. Returning from Rouen, he stops at Passy and finds the town crowding round an inn. Twelve women are chained in two rows, watched by six archers who will take them to a ship for America. One of them looks so refined that she might be of noble birth.
A guard says a young man has followed her all the way from Paris, weeping the whole time. He says he loves her so much that he will board the ship with her. The traveler gives him four louis d'or, pays the guards so the lovers may talk, and rides off.
Two years later, at Calais, he sees the same young man, pale and ragged. The young man promises to tell everything, even his own faults.
A chance act of pity opens a confession that holds nothing back.
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Love at first sight leads to flight
Des Grieux is seventeen and finishing his studies at Amiens.
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Manon's betrayal and the road to the seminary
Soon Manon's dresses grow richer.
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Fire, a brother and the first dishonest money
Manon takes sixty thousand francs from her former lover, and the pair rent a house at Chaillot.
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Servants steal and Manon leaves a note
Des Grieux and Manon speak freely before their servants, and the valet and the maid take note.
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St. Lazare, a pistol and a plan
The old man finds them.
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Rescuing Manon from the Magdalen
Des Grieux learns that M. de T——, one of the Hospital's directors, has a son of marrying age.
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The prince, the mirror and the second G—— M——
Tiberge lends fresh money, and at Chaillot they enjoy weeks of peace.
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Passion and virtue argue in one heart
A central idea of the book is that love and virtue pull the same man in two directions.
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Money, class and an inconstant heart
The second theme is how money shapes love.
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A story told by the man who lived it
The novel is built as a story within a story.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Chevalier des Grieux A gifted young nobleman who gives up family, career and honor for Manon and tells his own story.
- Manon Lescaut A beautiful girl of humble birth who loves Des Grieux but cannot bear poverty and keeps seeking richer protectors.
- Tiberge Des Grieux's loyal friend, who lends him money and advice and never stops trying to bring him back to a good life.
- Lescaut Manon's brother, a rough guardsman who gambles and schemes and treats his sister as a means to money.
- Old G—— M—— A rich, vain old man whose pursuit of Manon leads him to have the lovers locked up.
- Young G—— M—— The old man's son, charming and generous, who falls in love with Manon and becomes Des Grieux's rival.
- M. de T—— A young man of good family and a director's son, who becomes Des Grieux's friend and helps him free Manon.
- Des Grieux's father A stern but loving nobleman who locks his son up, forgives him and then hardens his heart again.
How it ends (spoiler)
Des Grieux and Manon reach New Orleans, where he wins a small post and they plan to marry. The governor's nephew Synnelet wants Manon, and the two men fight. Des Grieux believes he has killed him and flees with Manon into the wilderness. There, exhausted, she dies in his arms. He buries her with his own hands and lies on her grave until he is found. Tiberge arrives to bring him home, and Des Grieux returns to France, to learn that his father has died.
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Вопросы о книге Манон Леско
What is Manon Lescaut about?
It tells of the Chevalier des Grieux, a young nobleman who meets Manon Lescaut at seventeen and gives up everything for her. They live through poverty, gambling, deception and police, while he tries again and again to win her back.
Who is the narrator of Manon Lescaut?
A man of quality opens the book and says what he saw at Passy. Most of the story is told by Des Grieux himself, who tells his own faults and feelings directly to this listener, which gives the book a confessional voice.
Is Manon Lescaut based on a true story?
It is a novel by the Abbé Prévost, published in 1731. Prévost presents it as a memoir written down from a young man's words, but the characters and events are invented, and the setting is the Paris of the early eighteenth century.
Why is Tiberge important in the novel?
Tiberge is Des Grieux's friend from Amiens and the voice of conscience in the book. He lends money, argues, scolds and forgives, and his steady loyalty shows what a different path could look like.
Is Manon Lescaut worth reading today?
Yes for readers who like short, quick stories of love and fortune. The scenes move fast, the narrator speaks plainly about his weaknesses, and the questions about money, desire and loyalty still feel familiar.
Как сослаться на это издание
Prévost, Abbé. Manon Lescaut. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/manon-lescaut.
Prévost, A. (2026). Manon Lescaut. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/manon-lescaut (Original work published 1731)
Prévost, Abbé. Manon Lescaut. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/manon-lescaut.
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
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note = {First published 1731}
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