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The portrait I have to paint is of…an ambiguous character, a mixture of virtues and vices, a perpetual contrast between good impulses and bad actions. - Antoine François Prévost
" "The portrait I have to paint is of…an ambiguous character, a mixture of virtues and vices, a perpetual contrast between good impulses and bad actions.
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About Antoine François Prévost
Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles (April 1 1697 – November 25 1763), also known as the Abbé Prévost, was a French novelist, historian and journalist. His best-known story, L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, has formed the basis of several operas, most notably Puccini's Manon Lescaut.
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Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles
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Abbé Prévost
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l'abbé Prévost
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Abbe Prevost
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Antoine-François, Abbé Prévost d’Exiles
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