Antoine François Prévost
1697 – 1763 · aged 66
French novelist (1697–1763)
- Born
- 1 Apr 1697 · Hesdin
- Died
- 25 Nov 1763 · Courteuil
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- 1 Apr 1697BornBorn in Hesdin
- 25 Nov 1763DiedDied in Courteuil
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
Biography
Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (UK: PRAY-voh deg-ZEEL, US: pray-VOH -, French: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa pʁevo dɛɡzil]; 1 April 1697 – 25 November 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French priest, author, and novelist. He is best remembered for Manon Lescaut (1731), a romance and adventure novel, the most reprinted novel in French literary history.
Text from the Wikipedia article Abbé Prévost, CC BY-SA 4.0
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