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Prévost d'Exiles

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Pré·vost d'Ex·iles  (pr-v dg-zl), Antoine Françoise Known as "Abbé Prévost." 1697-1763.
French writer and cleric who left the religious life to pursue worldly interests. His literary repute lies on the novel Manon Lescaut (1731).

Prévost d'Exiles (French) [prevo dɛgzil]
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(Biographies / Prévost d'Exiles, Antoine François (1697-1763) M, French, WRITING: novelist) Antoine François (ɑ̃twan frɑ̃swa), known as Abbé Prévost. 1697-1763, French novelist, noted for his romance Manon Lescaut (1731), which served as the basis for operas by Puccini and Massenet


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