The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 15: With Voltaire

The narrator recounts episodic travels, salon encounters, and amorous adventures, offering vivid portraits of society and candid self-reflection. He records conversations with prominent literary figures, debates about poetry and language, and recitations that reveal tastes and temperaments. Anecdotes alternate with reflections on memory, reputation, and the mechanics of social success, while scenes of seduction, comedy, and dispute illustrate changing manners and personal ambition. The work blends travel narrative, literary criticism, and intimate confession to trace a restless life shaped by curiosity, rhetoric, and the pursuit of pleasure.