Manon Lescaut
Americannoun
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a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
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an opera (1893) by Giacomo Puccini.
Example Sentences
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Never has he had more reason than in his current run of "Manon Lescaut" at the Metropolitan Opera.
From US News • Mar. 1, 2016
There are three more performances of "Norma" and two more of "Manon Lescaut" through next weekend.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2013
The updating of "Manon Lescaut," which is specified to take place in the 18th century, comes off as inherently misguided.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2013
In a few years there will be Verdi's Trovatore, Puccini's Manon Lescaut.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010
The book, of course, cannot possibly be put on a level with its pattern and inspiration, Manon Lescaut: it is on a much lower level of literature, life, thought, passion—everything.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
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