Abbé Prévost

'''Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles ( , , ; 1 April 169725 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. Provided by Wikipedia