Manon Lescaut | 
October was another low-volume reading month for me, so the competition was pretty thin. But Manon deserves it: a work I liked much more than I expected to do.
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Andrew65 A true classic. 2w
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October was another low-volume reading month for me, so the competition was pretty thin. But Manon deserves it: a work I liked much more than I expected to do.
#12Booksof2024
@Andrew65
so-so(1731) It's a story of faithlessness and devotion that inspired two brilliant operas, either of them better than the book. Without music I expected to loathe both principals: her for her deception, him for his blind devotion. But both are more complex: Manon is an ambitious woman who seeks to rise by means available to her and Des Grieux is an unreliable narrator who may be a greater liar than Manon. Mixed feelings but more engaging than expected.
I also had to get these two. Manon was apparently from a book service called The Heritage Club. Going to have to look that up. Anyway, it‘s in perfect condition, with illustrations, and has a cool bookplate that says “From the Library of Robert N Fullerton.”
Jane Eyre is also in near perfect condition, and illustrated with gold leaf edges. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
#crimesagainstcovers You can't really tell from this photo but these books have a lot of crease marks in their spines @ErinSueG - the bottom book has been read multiple times & even has comments from a younger me as to how I'd make it into a tv series!
Which do I keep❓🤷🏻♀️
so-soA book that talks about blind love, obsession and stupidity. It was a nicely written book that the plot disgusted me a bit. Here is a noble born man madly in love with a regular woman, sounds like a fairy tale right? NOT! Chevalier was betrayed several times by Manon and it was hard reading about it, reading about his pain but still takes in Manon, forgives Manon and continually love her unconditionally.
