Description
How long does passion last? Is permanent happiness possible in love? And is willpower powerless against passion? Knight des Grieux could have chosen a prosperous life, but he meets Manon, an irresistibly attractive, eternally mysterious courtesan. Agitated individualism focuses solely on passion, the most intense of all ways of existence. Fanatically devoted love rides like a wild horse, throwing its rider from the saddle to painfully roll him in the dust of suffering and despair. Love triumphs again, but only at the cost of baseness: represented by money. Des Grieux cheats at cards, lies outrageously, and is even willing to kill. All this for love, so he feels almost like a saint. He even deceives the reader, who believes him: des Grieux's narrative is so pure, simple, and straightforward. Through the influence of passion and naivety, both main characters – she and he – are so truthful, so honorable, so deserving of compassion and sympathy! But the truth is probably different.
Information
Author: Prévost Abbé
Publication date: October 13, 2022
Manufacturer: LEDA spol. s r. o.
Genres: Novels, Books, Fiction
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 208
ISBN/EAN: 9788073357924