(Willard Ropes), 1900-1980, translator, author of introduction, etc Bookplateleaf 0005 Boxid IA1145122 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set trent External-identifier 11 and 12Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:07:57 Associated-names Trask, Willard R. Translation of the 1960-1962 edition of Histoire de Ma Vie, which was originally published in 1826-1838 under title: Mémoires de J. History of My Life is by turns touching, thrilling, wonderfully comic, and quite irresistible In Moscow and London, Berlin and Constantinople, he met the famous men and women of his time - Catherine the Great, Voltaire, Louis XV, Rousseau - and recorded his encounters for the memoirs he wrote in retirement at the end of his life. Casanova explored to the full all the possibilities eighteenth-century Venice offered by way of love and profit before being imprisoned, escaping from jail, and fleeing from the city to begin travels that took him across Europe. Above all he was an autobiographer of enduring brilliance and subtlety who left behind him what is probably the most remarkable confession ever written. He financed business projects, organized lotteries, wrote opera libretti, and dabbled in high politics. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional entertainer, and charlatan.
But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs.
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