Manon Lescaut
[ French ma-nawnles-koh ]
noun
a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
an opera (1893) by Giacomo Puccini.
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How to use Manon Lescaut in a sentence
I tried to think where I had seen the name, and remembered the first leaf of the copy of Manon Lescaut.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsA portion of its buildings was set apart for young women of bad character, and here Manon Lescaut was imprisoned.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinThe name, Manon Lescaut, meant nothing to me then, but the story of the picture was enough by itself.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate | Ellis MeredithIt was at this time that she read Manon Lescaut, over and over again.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsIt was the day after the evening when she came to see me that I sent her Manon Lescaut.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, fils
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