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Story of My Life by Giacomo Casanova (2001, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140439153
ISBN-139780140439151
eBay Product ID (ePID)1913956
Product Key Features
Book TitleStory of My Life
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / Italy, Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues, Europe / General, Historical
Publication Year2001
GenreTravel, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorGiacomo Casanova
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-021329
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal940.2/53
Table Of ContentIntroduction by Gilberto Pizzamiglio Note on the Text Translators'' Note THE STORY OF MY LIFE Family history. My first memory. Journey to Padua. Preface I II My grandmother boards me at the home of Doctor Gozzi. My first acquaintance with love. III Bettina believed to be mad. Father Mancia. The pox. I leave Padua. IV The patriarch of Venice confers the minor orders on me. Getting to know Senator Malipiero, Teresa Imer, Father Tosello''s niece, Signora Orio, Nanetta, Marta, and La Cavamacchie. I become a preacher. My adventure at Pasiano with Lucia. V My brief but highly eventful visit to Ancona. Cecilia, Marina, Bellino. The Greek slave girl from the lazaretto. Bellino revealed. VI Bellino Unmasked. His Story VII Comic encounter at Orsara. Journey to Corfu. Sojourn in Constantinople. Bonneval. My return to Corfu. VIII I became a true good-for-nothing. A great stroke of luck raises me from destitution to the rank of wealthy gentleman. IX My apprenticeship in Paris. Portraits. Oddities. A thousand things. X My blunders in the French language, my successes, my many acquaintances. Louis XV. My brother arrives in Paris. XI My sojourn in Vienna. Joseph II. My departure for Venice. XII First meeting with M. M. Letter from C. C. Second meeting with the nun in my superb casino in Venice. I am happy. XIII Continuation of the preceding chapter. Visit to the convent and conversation with M. M. Her letter to me and my answer. Rendezvous at the casino in Murano, witnessed by her lover. XIV Under the lead roof. The earthquake. XV Soradaci''s betrayal. The means I used to overwhelm him. Father Balbi succeeds in his task. I leave my cell. Count Asquini''s untimely remarks. The moment of departure. XVI My escape from the prison. I nearly lose my life on the roof. I leave the Ducal Palace, take ship and reach the mainland. Father Balbi exposes me to danger. The ruse by which I separate from him for the moment. XVII Voltaire, my discussions with the great man. Ariosto. The duke of Villars. The syndic and his three lovely ladies. Debate at Voltaire''s house. XVIII Cardinal Passionei. The pope. Mariuccia. My arrival in Naples. XIX I reach Marseilles. Mme. D''Urfé. My niece is well received by Mme. Audibert. I get rid of my brother and Passano. Regeneration. Mme. d''Urfé departs. Marcolina''s constancy. XX My arrival in London. Mrs. Cornelys. I am presented at Court. I rent a furnished house. I meet many people. The customs of the English. XXI Lord Keith. Appointment with the king of Prussia in the garden of Sans Souci. My conversation with the monarch. La Denis. The Pomeranian cadets. XXII I meet the czarina. My conversations with the great Sovereign. La Valville. I leave Zaira. My departure from St. Petersburg and arrival in Warsaw. Princes Adam Czartoryski and Sulkowski. The king of Poland, Stanislaus Poniatowski, called Stanislaus Augustus I. Theatrical intrigues. Branicki. XXIII My duel with Branicki. XXIV My departure from Paris. My journey to Madrid. The count of Aranda. The prince of La Catolica. The duke of Losada. Mengs. A ball. La Pichona. Doña Ignacia. XXV My courtship of Doña Ignacia, the gentleman-cobbler''s daughter. My imprisonment at Buen Retiro and my triumph. I am recommended to the Venetian ambassador by a State Inquisitor of the Republic. Notes
SynopsisSeducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world, but a supreme story teller. He lived a life stranger than most fictions, and the tale of his own adventures is his most compelling story, and one that remained unfinished at the time of his death. This new selection contains all the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and thrilling escape; and his amorous conquests, ranging from noblewomen to nuns.
LC Classification NumberD285.8.C4A313 2001
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