History of my life

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History of my life

Giacomo Casanova ; first translated into English in accordance with the original French manuscript by William R. Trask ; with an introduction by the translator

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

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  • pbk. : v. 11-12

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Histoire de Ma Vie

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Note

Originally published as Histoire de ma vie, Wiesbaden, Librairie Plon, Paris, 1960

This ed. originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

pbk. : v. 5-6 ISBN 9780801856648

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Volume 5 Chapter 1-11 Notes Volume 6 Chapter 1-11 Notes Appendix
Volume

pbk. : v. 7-8 ISBN 9780801856655

Description

In volumes 7 and 8, Casanova is now close to forty. His various manipulations of the credulous rich have made him rich in turn. His travels take him to France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. In Rome he charms the Pope; in Naples, he nearly marries a young woman as licentious as he is himself, but she turns out to be his daughter.

Table of Contents

Volume 7 Chapter 1-13 Notes Volume 8 Chapter 1-10 Notes
Volume

pbk. : v. 9-10 ISBN 9780801856662

Description

Volumes 9 and 10 contain descriptions of Casanova's first visits to England, Prussia, Russia, and Poland. In all these countries he gained access to the Courts. Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia join the roster of potentates entertained and charmed by the adventurer. Though beginning to age, and ruing it, Casanova still manages to exert a powerful attraction on women.

Table of Contents

Volume 9 Chapter 1-13 Notes Volume 10 Chapter 1-12 Notes
Volume

pbk. : v. 11-12 ISBN 9780801856679

Description

The last two volumes of Casanova's account of his extraordinary life include the story of his imprisonment in Buen Retiro, his trip to Madrid and his affair with Dona Ignacia, his journey to Barcelona and his detention in the Tower, his encounter with Lord Baltimore, and his serious illness in Aix-en-Provence when he is taken care of by a mysterious woman who turns out to the servant of one of his first loves, Henriette.

Table of Contents

Volume 11 Chapter 1-10 Notes Volume 12 Chapter 1-10 Notes Revisions Index

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