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History of My Life
Giacomo Chevalier De Seingalt Casanova
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Description for History of My Life
Paperback. , and his flight from the State Inquisitor's prison-each in its own way a feat of singular dash and daring. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 728 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 770.
Volumes 3 and 4 offer some of the most extraordinary episodes in Casanova's extraordinary life, including his liaison with the nun M. M., and his flight from the State Inquisitor's prison-each in its own way a feat of singular dash and daring.
Volumes 3 and 4 offer some of the most extraordinary episodes in Casanova's extraordinary life, including his liaison with the nun M. M., and his flight from the State Inquisitor's prison-each in its own way a feat of singular dash and daring.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
Number of Pages
728
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801856631
SKU
V9780801856631
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About Giacomo Chevalier De Seingalt Casanova
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 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 ... Read more
Reviews for History of My Life
Trask has written a version in an English fully contemporary yet remarkably Italian in sensibility. With admirable restraint and refinement, he has conveyed the zest and sensuous delight of the original. National Book Award Citation These memoirs are compulsive reading... they are the work not only of a highly accomplished seducer but of a literary artist of the highest talents. ... Read more