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Antoine François Prévost
1697Apr, 1

Antoine François Prévost

Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763)
Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (UK: PRAY-voh deg-ZEEL, US: pray-VOH -⁠, French: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa pʁevo dɛɡzil]; 1 April 1697 – 25 November 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French author and novelist.

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