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Casanova Giacomo
The seductive adventures of the legendary lover, told in his own words. From his youth in Venice to his daring exploits across Europe, Casanova's memoirs offer a scandalous glimpse into…
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Jacques Casanova
Dear reader, I said enough at the end of the last chapter to make you guess what happened, but no language would be powerful enough to make you realize all…
I had two objects in speaking thus: I wanted to frighten him and to make him jealous of me. I felt certain that a man in a passion of jealousy…
I found her sitting up in her bed; she looked about forty-five, and still preserved traces of her former beauty; her countenance bore the imprint of sadness, but had no…
A short time afterwards, Madame F—- whispered a few words to the general, who turned to me and said that he would be glad to hear me relate what had…
The woman who shewing little succeeds in making a man want to see more, has accomplished three-fourths of the task of making him fall in love with her; for is…
Momolo took the money, and promised to buy the garden the following day, and the young man shedding tears of joy and gratitude fell on his knees and kissed my…
. The duchess told me as much on the occasion of my third visit. She did not give me the information in a complaining tone, or as if she was…
He left us, and I remained alone with Christine. I spent an hour with her without trying to give her even a kiss, although I was dying to do so…
The empress, who was a woman of moderate height and yet of a majestic appearance, thoroughly understood the art of making herself loved. She was not beautiful, but yet she…
Marcoline was charming in bed. I had not enjoyed the Venetian vices for nearly eight years, and Marcoline was a beauty before whom Praxiteles would have bent the knee. I…
Her room was just behind the recess in which my bed stood. I went in with her and was astonished to see a great display of dresses, and in an…
The reader who imagines that at these words rage gave place to love, and that I hastened to obtain the prize, does not know the nature of the passion so…
Awake in a moment she came to open the door in her smock, and without a light. As I wanted one, I told her to get the flint and steel…
Madame Cornelis then made her appearance, and everyone asked her the same questions, and made the same remarks about me. She said bravely that I was her best and her…
She assured me that the excellent woman would be delighted to see me, and to do anything I might ask her. At all events, she concluded, I hope to find…
M. de Voltaire said that if I liked to play it at his house he would write to M. de Chavigni to send the Lindane, and that he himself would…
I felt neither happy nor unhappy; I had nothing to say. I had neither fear nor hope, nor even a feeling of curiosity; I was neither cheerful nor sad. The…
There is nothing, there can be nothing, dearer to a thinking being than life; yet the voluptuous men, those who try to enjoy it in the best manner, are the…
The girl came back with the packet, and putting myself in a proper position I told her to try one on. She proceeded to do so with a sulky air…
Every day I spent at Aix I thought of Henriette. I knew her real name, and remembering the message she had sent me by Marcoline I hoped to meet her…
The so-called Countess Piccolomini was a fine example of the adventurers. She was young, tall, well-made, had eyes full of fire, and skin of a dazzling whiteness; not, however, that…
I thought that my newly-found cousin was unknown to me, but when I looked at her with more attention, I fancied I recollected her features. She was the Catinella, a…
At these words I rose and went to the window, where I stayed for more than a quarter of an hour reflecting on her infatuation. When I returned to the…
Intimately connected with Casanova’s life at this period was a girl named Francesca Buschini. This name does not appear in any of the literary, artistic or theatrical records of the…
A few days after he had gone, I made the acquaintance of the fair Viscioletta, and fell so ardently in love with her that I had to make up my…
Clementine had conquered me in the space of a few hours. True, I was an inflammable subject, but hitherto no beauty had committed such ravages upon me in so short…
I had felt interested in the young Frenchwoman when she was hiding under the bed-clothes: she had taken my fancy the moment she had shewn her features, and still more…
I went to see her every morning, and as my interest in her condition was genuine, she could have no suspicion that I was acting a part, or attribute my…
I went to see Bodin, a dancer, who had married Madame Joffroy, one of my thousand mistresses whom I had loved twenty-two years ago, and had seen later at Turin…
The Leads, used for the confinement of state prisoners, are in fact the lofts of the ducal palace, and take their name from the large plates of lead with which…
Giacomo Casanova
Jacques Casanova De Seingalt
"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is an autobiography written by the Italian adventurer and author Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798). The book, which is divided into different volumes…
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"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is a complete autobiographical work by the famous Italian adventurer and libertine Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. The fifth volume of the series covers…
"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is a 12-volume autobiographical work by the famous Italian adventurer and libertine Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. The sixth volume of the series covers…
"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is a complete collection of autobiographical work by the famous Italian adventurer and libertine Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. The fourth volume of the…
"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is an autobiography written by the Italian adventurer and author Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798). The second volume continues Casanova's memoirs, chronicling his…
"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" is an autobiography written by the Italian adventurer and author Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798). The third volume continues Casanova's memoirs, chronicling his…
