Paris, 1731

its genre  

• novels   ·
• history  

originally written in

French

Contains the famous story of Manon Lescaut (which inspired the operas by Massenet and Puccini). Seventh volume of a multi-volume work: "Mémoires et aventures d’un homme de qualité". This book was widely read, pirated copies were printed, and it was finally forbidden in France