Antoine Fran§ois Pr©vost

Antoine Fran§ois Pr©vost (1697–1763) was a Benedictine monk who left the order, moved to England and the Netherlands and became an author under the name Abb© Pr©vost. Although best known for his novel Manon Lescaut, he wrote many other volumes of fiction, history and travel writing, as well as translating the works of Samuel Richardson, among others.