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The Story of My Life (Penguin Classics) by Casanova, Giacomo 0140439153 The Fast
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 0140439153
- EAN
- 9780140439151
- Date of Publication
- 2002-02-07
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Story of My Life (Penguin Classics)
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- Casanova, Giacomo
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140439153
ISBN-13
9780140439151
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1913956
Product Key Features
Book Title
Story of My Life
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Europe / Italy, Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues, Europe / General, Historical
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-021329
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
940.2/53
Grade To
UP
Table Of Content
Introduction 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
Synopsis
Seducer, 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 Number
D285.8.C4A313 2001
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