Manon -- that name alone is enough to evoke one of the greatest love stories in European Literature, the passion that sweeps a young man of promise off his feet and makes him defy every social convention of his class and flout the laws of God and man for the sake of a girl whose fascination enslaves him. This is no tale of a gradually unfolding love; instead, the novel presents one of the abiding myths of our culture, the sudden enchantment with which woman breaks down man's defences of reason and sense and triumphs over ...
Read More
Manon -- that name alone is enough to evoke one of the greatest love stories in European Literature, the passion that sweeps a young man of promise off his feet and makes him defy every social convention of his class and flout the laws of God and man for the sake of a girl whose fascination enslaves him. This is no tale of a gradually unfolding love; instead, the novel presents one of the abiding myths of our culture, the sudden enchantment with which woman breaks down man's defences of reason and sense and triumphs over conscience.
Read Less
