Manon Lescaut (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Abbé Prévost
- First Published: 1731
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Sentimental
- Time of Work: 1700
- Setting: France and New Orleans
- Genres: Long fiction, Sentimental fiction
- Subjects: Prisoners, France or French people, Love or romance, Escapes, Prostitution or prostitutes, Seventeenth century, New Orleans, Theft, Penal colonies
- Locales: New Orleans, LA, Paris, France
Characters Discussed
The Chevalier des Grieux (day gree- YEW), a student of philosophy at Amiens. He becomes a seminary student, a card cheat, and finally, returning from New Orleans after Manon’s death, a priest.
Tiberge (tee-BEHRZH), a fellow student who urges des Grieux to forget Manon by studying religion at the Seminary of Saint-Supplice. He follows des Grieux to America and persuades him to return to France.
The Father of des Grieux, who gets his son released from jail but will not help Manon.
Manon Lescaut (mah-NOH[N] lehs-KOH), a pretty courtesan...
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