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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete

Chapter 1: THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT 1725-1798

By Giacomo Casanova

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An expansive, episodic autobiography traces a vividly indulgent life across many European cities, narrating travels, amorous encounters, social intrigues, gambling and theatrical scenes, episodes of arrest and a dramatic prison escape, and long periods of exile and employment in service of patrons. The narrator offers lively portraits of salons, courts, and provincial life, interweaving personal reflection, wit, practical observation, and moral ambivalence. Organized as sequential episodes and chapters, the account blends anecdote, travelogue, and philosophical asides to portray a restless quest for pleasure, recognition, and self-understanding.

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Title: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete

Author: Giacomo Casanova

Translator: Arthur Machen

Release date: November 11, 2004 [eBook #2981]
Most recently updated: March 14, 2021

Language: English

Credits: David Widger

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA DE SEINGALT, 1725-1798. COMPLETE ***

THE MEMOIRS

OF

JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT

1725-1798

THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS.

[Transcriber’s Note: These memoires were not written for children, they may outrage readers also offended by Chaucer, La Fontaine, Rabelais and The Old Testament. D.W.]

CONTENTS

CASANOVA AT DUX

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA

VOLUME 1 — VENETIAN YEARS

EPISODE 1 — CHILDHOOD

EPISODE 2 — CLERIC IN NAPLES

EPISODE 3 — MILITARY CAREER

EPISODE 4 — RETURN TO VENICE

EPISODE 5 — MILAN AND MANTUA

VOLUME 2 — TO PARIS AND PRISON

EPISODE 6 — PARIS

EPISODE 7 — VENICE

EPISODE 8 — CONVENT AFFAIRS

EPISODE 9 — THE FALSE NUN

EPISODE 10 — UNDER THE LEADS

VOLUME 3 — THE ETERNAL QUEST

EPISODE 11 — PARIS AND HOLLAND

EPISODE 12 — RETURN TO PARIS

EPISODE 13 — HOLLAND AND GERMANY

EPISODE 14 — SWITZERLAND

EPISODE 15 — WITH VOLTAIRE

VOLUME 4 — ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH

EPISODE 16 — DEPART SWITZERLAND

EPISODE 17 — RETURN TO ITALY

EPISODE 18—RETURN TO NAPLES

EPISODE 19 — BACK AGAIN TO PARIS

EPISODE 20 — MILAN

VOLUME 5 — TO LONDON AND MOSCOW

EPISODE 21 — SOUTH OF FRANCE

EPISODE 21 — TO LONDON

EPISODE 23—THE ENGLISH

EPISODE 24 — FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO BERLIN

EPISODE 25 — RUSSIA AND POLAND

VOLUME 6 — SPANISH PASSIONS

EPISODE 26 — SPAIN

EPISODE 27 — EXPELLED FROM SPAIN

EPISODE 28 — RETURN TO ROME

EPISODE 29 — FLORENCE TO TRIESTE

EPISODE 30 — OLD AGE AND DEATH OF CASANOVA

APPENDIX AND SUPPLEMENT

PART THE FIRST — VENICE 1774-1782

I — CASANOVA’S RETURN TO VENICE

II — RELATIONS WITH THE INQUISITORS

III — FRANCESCA BUSCHINI

IV — PUBLICATIONS

V — MLLE—— X—— . . . C—— . . . V——. . .

VI — LAST DAYS AT VENICE

PART THE SECOND — VIENNA-PARIS

I — 1783-1785

IV — LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA

V — LAST DAYS AT VIENNA

PART THE THIRD — DUX — 1786-1798

I — THE CASTLE AT DUX

II — LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA

III — CORRESPONDENCE AND ACTIVITIES

IV — CORRESPONDENCE WITH JEAN-FERDINAND OPIZ

V — PUBLICATIONS

VI — SUMMARY of MY LIFE

VII — LAST DAYS AT DUX

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