«Manon Lescaut» in French with a Parallel Translation

There is nothing we can do against the call of love. Des Grieux is a noble young student, wise for his years, he is preparing to become a knight of the Order of Malta. With a fine future as a teacher of rhetoric ahead of him, he meets a young commoner, Manon Lescaut, a candle maker's daughter. It is love at first sight.