Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova written by Giacomo Casanova and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of My Life written by Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1997-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback. In volumes 5 and 6, Casanova brings his flight from the Inquisitor's prison in Venice to a happy conclusion. Exiled from Venice, he goes to Munich and Paris, where he establishes himself as a cabalist, makes a fortune in Holland, helps start the French State Lottery, goes on to Switzerland where he meets Voltaire. Because every previous edition of Casanova's Memoirs had been abridged to suppress the author's political and religious views and tame his vivid, often racy, style, the literary world considered it a major event when Willard R. Trask's translation of the complete original text was published in six double volumes between 1966 and 1971. Trask's award-winning translation now appears in paperback for the first time.
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1725 1798 Volume 1 Venetian Years written by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. According to Wikipedia: "Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venteitian adveturers and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (History of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. So famous a womanizer was the Italian-born libertine Giacomo Casanova that, a full two centuries after his death, his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction. But for the years he spent in the employ of Count Waldstein of Bohemia as a librarian, Casanova, "the world's greatest lover" at one time the company of European royalty, popes and cardinals, and man known to the likes of Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart would have been consigned to obscurity." Includes unique illustrations.
Download or read book Memoirs of Casanova Volume I written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of Casanova (1792) is the autobiography of Italian adventure and socialite Giacomo Casanova. Written at the end of his life, the Memoirs capture the experiences of one of Europe’s most notorious figures, a man whose escapades as a gambler, womanizer, and socialite are matched only by his unique gift for sharing them with the world. More than perhaps any other man, Casanova sought to emulate the lessons of the Enlightenment on the level of everyday life, a sentiment captured perfectly in the opening sentence of his Memoirs: “I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.”Memoirs of Casanova Volume I covers the childhood of Giacomo Casanova in Venice. The eldest of six children, Casanova is raised by actor and actress Gaetano Casanova and Zanetta Farussi at a time of cultural and economic ascendancy for the Republic of Venice. Following his father’s death at the age of eight, Casanova, whose mother was often busy touring Europe for her work in the theater, is sent to a boarding house in Padua. Due to poor living conditions, he is eventually taken into the care of an instructor and priest, whose household introduced the young boy to music, literature, and most importantly, women. In Padua, Casanova discovers the ideals of art and beauty that will drive him for much of his life, remaining with him through all of his trials and triumphs. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Giacomo Casanova’s Memoirs of Casanova is a classic of European literature reimagined for modern readers.
Download or read book The Memoirs of Casanova Venetian Years Volume 1 Illustrated written by Jacques Casanova De Seingalt and published by Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de. This book was released on 2018-08-19 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Edition in 6 Volumes: From THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS. Illustrated with Old Engravings. About the Series: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Complete (Vol. 1 to 6) CASANOVA AT DUX An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE AUTHOR'S PREFACE THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA VOLUME 1 - Venetian Years EPISODE 1 - CHILDHOOD EPISODE 2 - CLERIC IN NAPLES EPISODE 3 - MILITARY CAREER EPISODE 4 - RETURN TO VENICE EPISODE 5 - MILAN AND MANTUA VOLUME 2 - TO PARIS AND PRISON EPISODE 6 - PARIS EPISODE 7 - VENICE EPISODE 8 - CONVENT AFFAIRS EPISODE 9 - THE FALSE NUN EPISODE 10 - UNDER THE LEADS VOLUME 3 - THE ETERNAL QUEST EPISODE 11 - PARIS AND HOLLAND EPISODE 12 - RETURN TO PARIS EPISODE 13 - HOLLAND AND GERMANY EPISODE 14 - SWITZERLAND EPISODE 15 - WITH VOLTAIRE VOLUME 4 - ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH EPISODE 16 - DEPART SWITZERLAND EPISODE 17 - RETURN TO ITALY: GENOA-TUSCANY-ROME EPISODE 18-RETURN TO NAPLES: ROME-NAPLES-BOLOGNA EPISODE 19 - BACK AGAIN TO PARIS EPISODE 20 - MILAN VOLUME 5 -- IN LONDON AND MOSCOW EPISODE 21 - SOUTH OF FRANCE EPISODE 22 - TO LONDON EPISODE 23-THE ENGLISH EPISODE 24 - FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO BERLIN EPISODE 25 - RUSSIA AND POLAND VOLUME 6 - SPANISH PASSIONS, EPISODE 26 - SPAIN EPISODE 27 - EXPELLED FROM SPAIN EPISODE 28 - RETURN TO ROME EPISODE 29 - FLORENCE TO TRIESTE EPISODE 30 - OLD AGE AND DEATH OF CASANOVA APPENDIX AND SUPPLEMENT PART THE FIRST - VENICE 1774-1782 I - CASANOVA'S RETURN TO VENICE II - RELATIONS WITH THE INQUISITORS III - FRANCESCA BUSCHINI IV - PUBLICATIONS V - MLLE. X . . . C . . . V. . . VI - LAST DAYS AT VENICE PART THE SECOND - VIENNA-PARIS I - 1783-1785 II - PARIS III - VIENNA IV - LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA V - LAST DAYS AT VIENNA PART THE THIRD - DUX - 1786-1798 I - THE CASTLE AT DUX II - LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA III - CORRESPONDENCE AND ACTIVITIES IV - CORRESPONDENCE WITH JEAN-FERDINAND OPIZ V - PUBLICATIONS VI - SUMMARY of MY LIFE VII - LAST DAYS AT DUX "I should like to be the younger brother to all humanity." In a signal encounter with the famous French philosopher and writer Voltaire, Casanova explains that "I amuse myself by studying people as I travel . . . it is fun to study the world while passing through it." Indeed, Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt, traveller, adventurer, musician, lover, escaped convict, and avid reader, brings to his monumental The Story of My Life(Histoire de ma vie) an explicit relish-and aptitude-for intimate observations on human nature, customs, gastronomy, science, literature, economics, and religion. Giacomo Casanova began writing his memoirs in approximately 1791, in the relative isolation of the Castle of Dux in Bohemia, where he served as the librarian for Josef Karl Emmanuel, Count Waldstein. His memoires run to several volumes of gripping narrative, being considered to be the most authentic source of the European social customs of the Eighteenth Century. Casanova's reputation preceded him as he travelled throughout the continent, and he was forced in 1767 to seek refuge in Spain. Casanova was permitted to return to Venetian territory between 1774 and 1782, but he spent his final years in the service of Count Waldstein, in Bohemia, where he died in 1798.
Download or read book Memoirs of Casanova Complete Vol 1 to 6 Illustrated written by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt de Seingalt (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of Casanova Volume 01 written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of Casanova - Volume 01: Childhood by Giacomo Casanova The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. One English writer, indeed, Mr. Havelock Ellis, has realised that 'there are few more delightful books in the world, ' and he has analysed them in an essay on Casanova, published in Affirmations, with extreme care and remarkable subtlety. But this essay stands alone, at all events in English, as an attempt to take Casanova seriously, to show him in his relation to his time, and in his relation to human problems. And yet these Memoirs are perhaps the most valuable document which we possess on the society of the eighteenth century; they are the history of a unique life, a unique personality, one of the greatest of autobiographies; as a record of adventures, they are more entertaining than Gil Blas, or Monte Cristo, or any of the imaginary travels, and escapes, and masquerades in life, which have been written in imitation of them. They tell the story of a man who loved life passionately for its own sake: one to whom woman was, indeed, the most important thing in the world, but to whom nothing in the world was indifferent. The bust which gives us the most lively notion of him shows us a great, vivid, intellectual face, full of fiery energy and calm resource, the face of a thinker and a fighter in one. A scholar, an adventurer, perhaps a Cabalist, a busy stirrer in politics, a gamester, one 'born for the fairer sex, ' as he tells us, and born also to be a vagabond; this man, who is remembered now for his written account of his own life, was that rarest kind of autobiographer, one who did not live to write, but wrote because he had lived, and when he could live no longer. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience
Download or read book Casanova written by Laurence Bergreen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sexy, surprising, funny, insightful, and wildly entertaining” (Huffington Post)—the definitive biography of Giacomo Casanova, the impoverished boy who became the famous writer, notorious libertine, and self-invented genius in decadent eighteenth-century Europe. Today, “Casanova” is a synonym for “great lover,” yet the real story of this remarkable figure is little known. A figure straight out of a Henry Fielding novel, Giacomo Casanova was erotic, brilliant, impulsive, and desperate for recognition; a self-destructive genius. Over the course of his lifetime, he claimed to have seduced more than one hundred women, among them married women, young women in convents, girls just barely in their teens, women of high and low birth alike. Abandoned by his mother, an actress and courtesan, Casanova was raised by his illiterate grandmother, coming of age in a Venice filled with spies and political intrigue. He was intellectually curious and read forbidden books, for which he was jailed. He staged a dramatic escape from Venice’s notorious prison, I Piombi, the only person known to have done so. He then fled to France, ingratiated himself at the royal court, and invented the national lottery that still exists to this day. He crisscrossed Europe, landing for a while in St. Petersburg, where he was admitted to the court of Catherine the Great. He corresponded with Voltaire and met Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte—assisting them as they composed the timeless opera Don Giovanni. And he wrote what many consider the greatest memoir of the era, the twelve-volume Story of My Life. Laurence Bergreen’s Casanova recounts this astonishing life in rich, intimate detail, and at the same time, paints a dazzling portrait of eighteenth-century Europe, filled with a cast characters from serving girls to kings and courtiers, “great fun for any history lover” (Kirkus Reviews).
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 1 The Venetian Years written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he also wrote the story of his life. Set of 6 volumes.
Download or read book The Many Loves of Casanova written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Holloway House Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original translation of the classic exploits from the world's greatest 'ladies' man' is bound to charm readers. Included in the translation are Casanova's ruminations and social vignettes of 18th century European life, refined into short prefaces between chapters. Readers will revel in the sexual restraint of Bathing Girl and can follow the mystery of The Transvestite. This collection includes more than 30 stories and tracks the progress of a man whose passions led him into all sorts of situations. An excellent edition of a classic story.
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova written by Casanova Giacomo and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seductive adventures of the legendary lover, told in his own words. From his youth in Venice to his daring exploits across Europe, Casanova's memoirs offer a scandalous glimpse into 18th century society and the fascinating life of one of history's most infamous figures. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Memoirs of Casanova Volume 01 Childhood written by Giacomo Casanova and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Memoirs of Casanova written by Jacques Casanova De Seingalt and published by Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de. This book was released on 2018-08-19 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Volume in the Series: THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT. COMPLETE (Vol.1 to 6 - Illustrated) This new Edition by Barry's Collection from: THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS. Illustrated with Old Engravings About the Series: VOLUME 1 - VENETIAN YEARS CASANOVA AT DUX An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE AUTHOR'S PREFACE THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA EPISODE 1 - CHILDHOOD EPISODE 2 - CLERIC IN NAPLES EPISODE 3 - MILITARY CAREER EPISODE 4 - RETURN TO VENICE EPISODE 5 - MILAN AND MANTUA VOLUME 2 - PARIS AND PRISON EPISODE 6 - PARIS EPISODE 7 - VENICE EPISODE 8 - CONVENT AFFAIRS EPISODE 9 - THE FALSE NUN EPISODE 10 - UNDER THE LEADS VOLUME 3 - THE ETERNAL QUEST EPISODE 11 - PARIS AND HOLLAND EPISODE 12 - RETURN TO PARIS EPISODE 13 - HOLLAND AND GERMANY EPISODE 14 - SWITZERLAND EPISODE 15 - WITH VOLTAIRE VOLUME 4 - ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH EPISODE 16 - DEPART SWITZERLAND EPISODE 17 - RETURN TO ITALY: GENOA-TUSCANY-ROME EPISODE 18-RETURN TO NAPLES: ROME-NAPLES-BOLOGNA EPISODE 19 - BACK AGAIN TO PARIS EPISODE 20 - MILAN VOLUME 5 -- IN LONDON AND MOSCOW EPISODE 21 - SOUTH OF FRANCE EPISODE 22 - TO LONDON EPISODE 23-THE ENGLISH EPISODE 24 - FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO BERLIN EPISODE 25 - RUSSIA AND POLAND VOLUME 6 - SPANISH PASSIONS, EPISODE 26 - SPAIN EPISODE 27 - EXPELLED FROM SPAIN EPISODE 28 - RETURN TO ROME EPISODE 29 - FLORENCE TO TRIESTE EPISODE 30 - OLD AGE AND DEATH OF CASANOVA Giacomo Girolamo Casanova ( 2 April 1725 - 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. As was not uncommon at the time, Casanova, depending on circumstances, used more or less fictitious names, such as baron or count of Farussi (the name of his mother) or "Chevalier de Seingalt." He often signed his works "Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" after he began writing in French following his second exile from Venice. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer." He associated with European royalty, popes, and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe, and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he also wrote the story of his life. "I should like to be the younger brother to all humanity." In a signal encounter with the famous French philosopher and writer Voltaire, Casanova explains that "I amuse myself by studying people as I travel . . . it is fun to study the world while passing through it." Indeed, Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt, traveller, adventurer, musician, lover, escaped convict, and avid reader, brings to his monumental The Story of My Life(Histoire de ma vie) an explicit relish-and aptitude-for intimate observations on human nature, customs, gastronomy, science, literature, economics, and religion.
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1725 1798 Volume 01 Childhood written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE MEMOIRS OF CASANOVA All 6 Volumes in One Premium Illustrated Edition written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 2933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "THE MEMOIRS OF CASANOVA - All 6 Volumes in One Premium Illustrated Edition" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the 'vie intime' of the eighteenth century depicted by a man, who to-day sat with cardinals and saluted crowned heads, and tomorrow lurked in dens of profligacy and crime; a book of confessions penned without reticence and without penitence; a record of forty years of "occult" charlatanism; a collection of tales of successful imposture, of 'bonnes fortunes', of marvellous escapes, of transcendent audacity, told with the humour of Smollett and the delicate wit of Voltaire. Who is there interested in men and letters, and in the life of the past, who would not cry, "Where can such a book as this be found?" Yet the above catalogue is but a brief outline, a bare and meager summary, of the book known as "THE MEMOIRS OF CASANOVA"; a work absolutely unique in literature. He who opens these wonderful pages is as one who sits in a theatre and looks across the gloom, not on a stage-play, but on another and a vanished world. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. He often signed his works Jacques Casanova de Seingalt after he began writing in French following his second exile from Venice. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, Goethe, and Mozart.
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1725 1798 Volume 2 to Paris and Prison written by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. According to Wikipedia: "Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venteitian adveturers and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (History of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. So famous a womanizer was the Italian-born libertine Giacomo Casanova that, a full two centuries after his death, his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction. But for the years he spent in the employ of Count Waldstein of Bohemia as a librarian, Casanova, "the world's greatest lover" at one time the company of European royalty, popes and cardinals, and man known to the likes of Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart would have been consigned to obscurity." Includes unique illustrations.
Download or read book The Story of My Life written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Digireads.com Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Venetian adventurer, author, and lifelong womanizer, the name of Casanova has become interchangeable with the art of seduction since the 18th century. In his most notable book, "Story of My Life," Casanova narrates countless tales of the people with whom he interacted: lovers, European royalty, clergymen, and artists such as Goethe, Voltaire, and Mozart. His writing demonstrates his talent for dialogue, while his life seems an inadvertent testament to skill in plot development. Casanova gambled, spied, translated, dueled, schemed, traveled, and observed people of all levels of society, having been born of two actors and becoming a self-made gentleman. He writes of his life without regret, recalling his adventures, from necromancy to imprisonment, with general honesty and the occasional embellishment, and always with a good humor. In this remarkable celebration of the senses, Casanova proves his talent for storytelling by revealing a refreshingly authentic view of the customs and everyday life of social 18th century Europeans, ultimately proving his claim that "I can say I have lived." In this edition you will find the first of twelve volumes of "The Complete Memoirs."
