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Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780403030934
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova written by Giacomo Casanova and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801856648
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (566 download)
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.
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513273949
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)
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.
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 3986778063
Total Pages : 2931 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (867 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Casanova written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 2931 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Casanova Giacomo Casanova - With 'The Memoirs of Casanova,' William Pocock offers us a newly abridged translation of Giacomo Casanova's notorious 'Story of My Life.' Casanova dashed through an extremely controversial life in pursuit of love and fortune that is well worth reading. In his final years he wrote down his memoirs to make confession, reflect on his many adventures, and describe the vast array of people he met in brilliant detail. Perhaps too much detail, as his 1.25 million words, though very entertaining, are a bit more than most busy readers are willing to endure. This edition seamlessly distills his story from 3,875 into 1,188 pages, encompassing his entire life. Casanova's deep interest in romantic poetry, Greco-Roman myth, and Enlightenment ideals inspired his driving passions, with countless lovers and broken promises left behind. Casanova's great love affairs, the diverse variety of his seductions, are maintained here to offer the reader a representation of the whole. His memoirs are most engaging in his pursuit of romance, intense intrigues, and impassioned letters, fully explored in this essential version. The Chevalier de Seingalt was much more than the libertine playboy of popular imagination, as the following pages will reveal. If his memoirs are now considered a great masterpiece of French literature, it's largely due to its historical significance. Casanova's extensive travels and a lifetime of journalism enabled him to offer insightful portraits of the various humble and notable inhabitants of 18th century Europe. Through the magic of his words that distant world springs to life for us now and forever. In recent years, his memoirs have risen from the depths of moral outrage to the most exalted dignity within his beloved France. In 2011 his original manuscript, designated a 'national treasure' by the French government, was acquired by the National Library for $9.6 million, the institution's most expensive acquisition to date.
Author : Laurence Bergreen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476716528
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
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).
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2934 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book THE MEMOIRS OF CASANOVA - All 6 Volumes in One Premium Illustrated Edition written by Giacomo Casanova and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-09 with total page 2934 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.
Author : Judith Summers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596911220
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)
Download or read book Casanova's Women written by Judith Summers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive profile of the eighteenth-century Venetian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, whose name has become a synonym for seduction, looks at history's most famous lover from a female perspective, throwing light on a dangerous and beguiling man, as seen through the eyes of the women who loved him.
Author : Giacomo Casanova De Seingalt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781926842035
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt written by Giacomo Casanova De Seingalt and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is known to every adult. It became proverbial - a generic name of an adventurous womanizer. A remorseless sinner, but also a doctor of law. A convicted magician who escaped from the highest security prison - but also a brilliant conversationalist whose company was shared by Frederick the Great and Voltaire. A shameless, immoral, intelligent and well-educated personality. Our reader can now hear about Casanova from his own account.
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : LA CASE Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 5842 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Casanova written by Giacomo Casanova and published by LA CASE Books. This book was released on with total page 5842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional entertainer, and charlatan. He financed business projects, organized lotteries, wrote opera libretti, and dabbled in high politics. Above all he was an autobiographer of enduring brilliance and subtlety who left behind him what is probably the most remarkable confession ever written. Casanova explored to the full all the possibilities eighteenth-century Venice offered by way of love and profit before being imprisoned, escaping from jail, and fleeing from the city to begin travels that took him across Europe. In Moscow and London, Berlin and Constantinople, he met the famous men and women of his time—Catherine the Great, Voltaire, Louis XV, Rousseau—and recorded his encounters for the memoirs he wrote in retirement at the end of his life.
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 151328696X
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Casanova Volume XII written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 94 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 XII finds Giacomo Casanova back in Paris. Using his abundant wit and ability to make connections, Casanova has found success as a spy and diplomat for the French government. At the start of the Seven Years’ War, he is sent on a mission to Holland to procure financial backing for the treasury through the sale of discounted bonds. There, he acquires the largest fortune of his life, making enough to open a silk manufactory. Turning down a title and pension, he manages to squander his earnings through mismanagement, ill-advised investments, and sexual impropriety. Soon, despite his recent success streak, the mercurial Casanova once again finds himself in trouble with the law. 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.
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (224 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt written by Giacomo Casanova and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Japin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307279677
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book In Lucia's Eyes written by Arthur Japin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanova’s legendary diaries, here is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed from the author of The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi. • "Intelligent, poignant, and yes, sexy.... A literary page-turner for those with a brain as well as a heart." —San Francisco Chronicle Lucia works as a servant girl in Italy and is engaged to be married. But after the pox disfigures her face, she flees in shame without telling her lover. Years later, as a reknowned Amsterdam courtesan who never goes out without her veil, Lucia is at the theater when she recognizes her long-lost fiancé, Giacomo Casanova; and she cannot resist the opportunity to encounter him again. Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanova’s legendary diaries, Lucia emerges as a brilliant woman who becomes every bit his match. In Lucia’s Eyes is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed.
Author : Ian Kelly
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440642516
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Casanova written by Ian Kelly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Casanova, noted author Ian Kelly traces the life of Giacomo Casanova, a man whose very name is synonymous with sensuality, seduction and sexual prowess. But Casanova was more than just a great lover. A businessman, diplomat, spy, and philosopher, he authored more than twenty books, including a translation of The Iliad. Confidant to many infamous characters—including Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, and Catherine the Great—Casanova was undoubtedly charismatic. But how exactly did he seduce himself into infamy? In this richly drawn portrait, Casanova emerges as very much a product of eighteenth-century Venice. He reveled in its commedia del arte and Kelly posits that his successes as both a libertine and a libertarian grew from his careful study of its artifice and illusion. Food, travel, sex: Casanova’s great passions are timeless ones and Kelly brings to life in full flavor the grandeur of his exploits. He also articulates the fascinating personal philosophy that inspired Casanova’s quest to bed all manner of women. A riveting look at the life of the most legendary lover of all time, this is destined to become the definitive biography of Giacomo Casanova.
Author : Shahnaz Ahsan
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 9781473665255
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Hashim and Family written by Shahnaz Ahsan and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513286943
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Casanova Volume X written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 102 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 X finds Giacomo Casanova in grave danger, perhaps the most serious of his life. Having fallen into the trap of Manucci, a spy for the state, Casanova is arrested and sentenced without trial to five years imprisonment. Held in the infamous Leads, the prison under the Doge’s Palace, he suffers in solitary confinement through unbearable heat, overwhelming darkness, and an infestation of fleas. After months in this cell, he is moved from solitary confinement, given better clothes and accommodations, and allowed to go outside for brief, supervised walks. Seeing an opportunity, Casanova begins planning his escape, collecting tools and conspiring with a fellow prisoner in order to achieve his freedom. When the day arrives, and after several aborted attempts, he seizes his only chance. 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.
Author : de Seingalt Jacques Casanova
Publisher : Double 9 Books
ISBN 13 : 9789358018905
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (189 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs Of Jacques Casanova De Seingalt Vol. 3 written by de Seingalt Jacques Casanova and published by Double 9 Books. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is an autobiography written by the Italian adventurer and author Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798). The third volume continues Casanova's memoirs, chronicling his travels and adventures throughout Europe. The book begins with Casanova's departure from Vienna and his subsequent travels to Germany, where he becomes embroiled in a number of political intrigues and romances. He also spends time in Italy, where he reconnects with old acquaintances and continues his pursuit of love and romance. Throughout the book, Casanova remains a passionate and impulsive figure, with a tendency to fall headlong into love affairs and political schemes. He also continues to be fascinated by the arts, and is depicted attending concerts, operas, and literary salons throughout Europe. As he grows older, Casanova begins to reflect on his life and experiences, and the book contains numerous philosophical and introspective passages. He also becomes increasingly concerned with his legacy and reputation, and takes pains to ensure that his memoirs accurately reflect his life and character. Overall, "The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" provides a rich and detailed portrait of life in eighteenth-century Europe, as seen through the eyes of one of its most colorful and charismatic figures.
Author : Jacques Casanova De Seingalt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781719860697
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Casanova written by Jacques Casanova De Seingalt and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume VI in the Series: THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT. COMPLETE (Vol.1 to 6 - Illustrated) A 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.
