The inspiration for three films and several operas, this classic of
French literature is set in Regency Paris and Louisiana around
1720. A tragic love story, it's also an epic adventure story with
three infidelities, three escapes, three abductions and two
murders. The action spans two continents and a social range
extending from the aristocracy to the social outcast, from pillars
of the establishment to pimps and prostitutes. Manon Lescaut's
ambiguous love story has a transcendent significance: Is it a
cautionary tale, warning of the dangers to which passion, blindly
followed, can lead? Or does it illustrate the redemptive power of
love? After all, Des Grieux's perseverance in his devotion to Manon
eventually brings about a profound change of heart in her and seems
to make possible a lasting happiness based on deep mutual
affection. The ambiguity persists to the end, when death snatches
that happiness away.
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