Oxford World's Classics Manon Lescaut, (Paperback)

from stuart10er

Frustrating novel of two lovers who cannot agree as to the ground rules of their relationship. Manon, an uncommonly attrative common girl, is swept up by the Chevalier Des Grieux. Their romance is driven and then driven apart as much from external forces as by their lack of common understanding o...

from tassinar

While at times the protagonist's rationalizations against taking heroic or decisive action were clever, his weakness/cowardliness came across early in the novel and after a while became tiresome. The presentation by means of the protagonist recounting his tale to a listener also became stale. I k...

from krizia_lazaro

A book that talks about blind love, obsession and stupidity. It was a nicely written book that the plot disgusted me a bit. Here is a noble born man madly in love with a regular woman, sounds like a fairy tale right? NOT! Chevalier was betrayed several times by Manon and it was hard reading about...

from bhutton

A strange tale, a love story where there is not much evidence of why they love each other? I can see why it was shocking for its time but divorced from it's time it is just a tale of annoying kids in young love do terrible things. Short but still manages to outstay its welcome and finishes rather...

from stillatim

A fairly easy, short read that could also lead you to some serious thoughting if you're not careful. The introduction to this edition is great, although I find it hard to believe that the book is meant to be, as the editor suggests, "a defence of love shaped by the hands of a master." If you're g...