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MANON LESCAUT and LEONE LEONI are, before anything else, affirmations of passion. These are the stories of lovers who ignore affability and regulation. Holding to a fixed idea, these lovers attempt to find a balance between happiness and death.
Abbé Prévost’s enduring classic romance MANON LESCAUT, originally titled Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, tells the tale of a romantic somber hero hopelessly willing to follow his enchanting, seductive mistress throughout France and finally to America. Blinded by his desire, he will go to any lengths to be united with her.
In LEONE LEONI, George Sand reverses Prévost’s tale. She gives Manon’s character to that of a man, Leoni. The object of his seduction, the enchanting Juliette, becomes a paragon of devoted, unconditional love. Set in Venice, the plot is thick with sinister characters attempting to destroy the lovers.
Presented here for the first time in one volume, MANON LESCAUT and LEONE LEONI are classics of French literature. They are tumultuous stories of love, hate, redemption, seduction and possession. Essentially, they are the stories of men and women and the impact of desire.
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