Prévost d'Exiles

[prey-voh deg-zeel]

noun

1. Antoine François Abbé Prévost, 1697–1763, French novelist.

Prévost d'Exiles

/ prevo dɛɡzil /

noun

1. Antoine François (ɑ̃twan frɑ̃swa), known as Abbé Prévost. 1697–1763, French novelist, noted for his romance Manon Lescaut (1731), which served as the basis for operas by Puccini and Massenet

Example Sentences

The only exceptions of importance were Vauvenargues, who died too early for the honour, and two men of genius but of dubious social position, Le Sage and the abbe Prevost d'Exiles.

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