Casanova: 309 books

According to Wikipedia: "Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurers and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (History of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life...

A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the vie intime of the eighteenth century depicted by a man,...

The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. One English writer, indeed, Mr. Havelock Ellis, has realised that 'there are few more delightful books in the world, '...

Giacomo Casanova est à Berlin de juillet à septembre1764. A peine âgé de trente-neuf ans, il a déjà derrière lui une vie aventureuse et tumultueuse. Il a besoin d’un travail et il a besoin d’argent, et il espère les obtenir du roi de Prusse Frédéric II. Dès son arrivée, il se retrouve...

A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the vie intime of the eighteenth century depicted by a man,...

A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the vie intime of the eighteenth century depicted by a man,...

The name of Casanova (1725-1798) is synonymous with seduction. But the Venetian adventurer’s life story is also one of the most reliable sources of how Europeans lived in the eighteenth century. In this first of his six-volume Memoirs, Casanova relates his childhood, first love affair, and his schooling...

In the sixth and final volume of Casanova’s Memoirs, “Spanish Passions,” Casanova, now with a bad reputation throughout the rest of Europe, heads to Spain, but does not find what he is looking for. This book, and the entire collection, present Casanova’s life of womanizing and gambling, his imprisonment and escape, his experience of travel, luxury, and loss.

A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the vie intime of the eighteenth century depicted by a man,...

A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the vie intime of the eighteenth century depicted by a man,...

A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances, written down with the exactitude of a business diary; a view of men and cities from Naples to Berlin, from Madrid and London to Constantinople and St. Petersburg; the vie intime of the eighteenth century depicted by a man,...

Giacomo Casanova è a Berlino da luglio a settembre del 1764. Appena trentanovenne, ha già alle spalle una vita avventurosa e turbolenta. Ha bisogno di soldi e di un lavoro, e spera di ottenerli dal re di Prussia Federico II. Intanto si trova coinvolto nel tentativo di salvare la lotteria nazionale...

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women...

La réputation de Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) n'est plus à faire. Aventurier, écrivain, diplomate, espion, violoniste mais également coureur de jupons, séducteur, libertin... tous ces qualificatifs collent à la peau du personnage. Ce sont essentiellement ces dernières qualités qui sont...