Money and the Establishment

The Chevalier des Grieux sums up most pertinently the inherent paradox in the Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut1 that gives it its special ambiguity. He has just told us once again how the whole world is as nothing beside Manon's presence and love: 'Je la tiens du moins, disais-je; elle m'aime, elle est à moi. Tiberge a beau dire, ce n'est pas là un fantôme de bonheur. Je verrais périr tout l'univers sans y prendre intérêt. Pourquoi? Parce que je n'ai plus d'affection de reste.' Though beautifully expressed, this is the basic stuff of the traditional romance. Manon Lescaut combines it with a further dimension. The Chevalier continues:KeywordsLunatic AsylumAncien RegimeMoney MatterFrench WriterTraditional RomanceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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