I was one day returning from Rouen, where I had been, at her request, to attend a cause then pending before the Parliament of Normandy, respecting an inheritance to which I had claims derived from my maternal grandfather. - P9
Though I rarely quitted my retreat, still the interest I felt in my child‘s welfare induced me occasionally to undertake short journeys, which, however, I took good care to abridge as much as possible. - P9
Just about six months before my departure for Spain, I first met the Chevalier des Grieux. - P9
IWhy did he love her? Curious fool, be still! Is human love the fruit of human will?BYRON. - P9
■ 저자 소개아베 프레보 데그질(Abbe Prevost d‘Exiles, 1697~1763)은 수도사, 군인, 저널리스트였습니다. 다양한 직업과 국가를 전전한 프레보는 보잘것없는 다작(多作)의 작가였지만, 어느 날 갑자기 《마농레스코 》를 써내며 문학사에 이름을 남겼습니다. - P3