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In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels. With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminary — but is soon expelled. He is briefly imprisoned in the fortress of Saint' Andrea. After wandering from Naples to Rome in search of a patron, he enters the service of Cardinal Acquaviva. Along the way are stories of Giulietta's humiliation, Lucia's misfortune, and the departure of Donna Lucrezia.

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This double volume is the first part of Venetian Casanova's memoirs, translated from the French between 1966 and 1971. His rich and varied life is recalled in an unabridged work which also includes notes on the social, biographical and geographical background of its genesis.

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Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725. His parents, both actors, wanted him to become a priest, but their hopes were dashed when, at sixteen, he was expelled from the seminary for immoral misconduct. Probably best-known for his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was in turn a secretary, a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, a lottery director, and a spy. He translated Homer's Iliad into Italian and collaborated with Da Ponte on the libretto for Mozart's Don Giovanni. He retired in 1785 to the castle of a friend - Count Waldstein of Bohemia - in order to write his memoirs. Because every previous edition of Casonova'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.
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ISBN:
9780801856624
Translator:
Trask, Willard R.
Author:
Trask, Willard R.
Author:
Casanova, Giacomo
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Europe - General
Subject:
Europe
Subject:
Casanova, giacomo, 1725-1798
Subject:
European - General
Subject:
Casanova, Giacomo
Subject:
Europe Biography.
Subject:
Biography-Literary
Copyright:
1997
Abridged:
Y
Series:
History of My Life
Publication Date:
19970431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
728
Dimensions:
8.00x5.12x1.55 in. 1.58 lbs.
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Product details 728 pages Johns Hopkins University Press - English 9780801856624 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , This double volume is the first part of Venetian Casanova's memoirs, translated from the French between 1966 and 1971. His rich and varied life is recalled in an unabridged work which also includes notes on the social, biographical and geographical background of its genesis.
"Synopsis" by , Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725. His parents, both actors, wanted him to become a priest, but their hopes were dashed when, at sixteen, he was expelled from the seminary for immoral misconduct. Probably best-known for his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was in turn a secretary, a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, a lottery director, and a spy. He translated Homer's Iliad into Italian and collaborated with Da Ponte on the libretto for Mozart's Don Giovanni. He retired in 1785 to the castle of a friend - Count Waldstein of Bohemia - in order to write his memoirs. Because every previous edition of Casonova'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.
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