abbé Prévost (1697–1763) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
The Chevalier des Grieux abandons his entire life for Manon, a woman of breathtaking beauty and relentless self-interest, and together they spiral through pleasure, desperation, and degradation in 18th-century Paris. Prévost creates not a moral tale but a psychological portrait of desire so convincing that readers experience its intoxication firsthand.
