b/w. frontis. illustration, titles, contents & illustration lists to front. Translated with an introduction by Mysie E. I. Robertson. "The Adventures of a Man of Quality," also known as "Manon Lescaut," is a classic French novel by Antoine-François Prévost, published in 1731. It tells the tragic love story of Des Grieux, a young man from noble birth, and Manon Lescaut, a beautiful but worldly woman, who fall deeply in love. Their love leads them down a path of poverty, crime, and ultimately, Manon's death.