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Manon Lescaut
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 1734
- Spice
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The Chevalier des Grieux, a nobleman's son, abandons his family and inheritance to elope with Manon Lescaut. In Paris they enjoy domestic bliss while Des Grieux borrows from his loyal friend Tiberge and cheats gamblers to satisfy Manon's taste for luxury. Each time his money vanishes, Manon abandons him for wealthier suitors rather than endure poverty. After Manon is deported to New Orleans as a prostitute, the reunited pair pose as husband and wife in peaceful domesticity until Des Grieux's confession of their unmarried state draws the Governor's nephew's pursuit of her. In despair, Des Grieux duels the nephew, and the lovers flee into the Louisiana wilderness. Manon perishes from exposure and exhaustion, and heartbroken Des Grieux is rescued by Tiberge and returned to France.
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- Tragic Romance: “Manon dies of exposure and exhaustion the following morning and, after burying his beloved, Des Grieux is eventually taken back to France by Tiberge.” source
- Forbidden Love: “Des Grieux comes from noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon.” source
- Angst: “des Grieux challenges the Governor's nephew to a duel and knocks him unconscious” source
- Anti-Hero: “scrounges together money by borrowing from his unwaveringly loyal friend Tiberge and from cheating gamblers” source
- Hidden Identity: “they pretend to be married and live in idyllic peace for a while” source
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