Manon Lescaut: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Manon Lescaut, credited to Abbé Prévost, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Read in English by Mary Bard Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut (on which the Puccini opera is based) takes as its themes passionate, tragic love, and redemption through suffering. It is the story of the Chevalier des Grieux, a student, who sees Manon as she is being taken to a convent, and instantly falls in love with her. He offers to save her from the convent, and the two young lovers run away to Paris. There follow many adventures and tribulations, throughout which the Chevalier remains steadfastly loyal to his love. summary by Mary Bard

Recording facts

• Recording title: Manon Lescaut
• Author credits: Abbé Prévost
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 7:07:49

Track guide

1. 01 - I — 14:50
2. 02 - II — 28:56
3. 03 - III — 16:36
4. 04 - IV — 1:09:14
5. 05 - V — 38:16
6. 06 - VI — 42:29
7. 07 - VII — 19:57
8. 08 - VIII — 17:05
9. 09 - IX — 1:00:01
10. 10 - X — 35:15
11. 11 - XI — 26:20
12. 12 - XII — 14:13
13. 13 - XIII part 1 — 36:53
14. 14 - XIII part 2 — 7:44

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