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Prévost d'Exiles
(prā-vōˈ dĕg-zēlˈ), Antoine Françoise Known as “Abbé Prévost.” 1697-1763.
French writer and cleric who left the religious life to pursue worldly interests. His literary repute lies on the novel Manon Lescaut (1731).