The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and Death

The memoir recounts the final decades of an aging adventurer who obtains a pardon, briefly serves as a confidential agent to the Venetian authorities, and ultimately becomes a librarian in a noble household at a provincial castle. It details his continued travels, petty humiliations, and growing cultural dislocation as fashions and politics change, along with recurring complaints about small domestic slights and a mounting sense of obsolescence. A supplementary section outlines his return home, the circumstances of his pardon and employment, ongoing financial and social frustrations, and the gradual decline of appetite, spirits, and health culminating in a devout reception of the sacraments and a quiet death.