Mint Editions (In Their Own Words: Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives)
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Mint Editions (In Their Own Words: Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives)
About This Book
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 V finds Giacomo Casanova serving as an aide to a powerful Venetian senator. Back in the city of his birth, surrounded with the vices and old friends who forced him to leave in the first place, Casanova soon finds himself in dire straits. When a practical joke goes horribly wrong, he escapes to the city of Parma, hoping to reinvent himself yet again. There, however, he unexpectedly falls in love with a Frenchwoman named Henriette, a soul whose wit and beauty tempt the young libertineāperhaps for the first and last timeāto settle down and sow his wild oats. This edition of Giacomo Casanova's Memoirs of Casanova is a classic of European literature reimagined for modern readers.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- I. Slight Misfortunes Compel Me to Leave VeniceāMy Adventures in Milan and Mantua
- II. My Journey to Cesena in Search of TreasureāI Take Up My Quarters in Franziaās HouseāHis Daughter Javotte
- III. The IncantationāA Terrible StormāMy FrightāJavotteās Virginity Is SavedāI Give Up the Undertaking, and Sell the Sheath to CapitaniāI Meet Juliette and Count Alfani, Alias Count CeliāI Make Up My Mind to Go to NaplesāWhy I Take a Different Road
- IV. I Purchase a Handsome Carriage, and Proceed to Parma with the Old Captain and the Young FrenchwomanāI Pay a Visit to Javotte, and Present Her with a Beautiful Pair of Gold BraceletsāMy Perplexities Respecting My Lovely Travelling CompanionāA Monologueā Conversation with the CaptaināTete-a-Tete with Henriette
- A Note About the Author
- A Note from the Publisher