Autor: Jacques Casanova

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 t …

“To Paris and Prison” is the second volume of the seductive Casanova’s memoirs. Here is his deep and devoted relationship with Henriette; after she leaves, however, “Bravois lures me back to my Forme …

In the third volume of Casanova’s Memoirs, “The Eternal Quest, ” he gains popularity with prominent people by acting as an alchemist. However, all his success is once again lost through the follies o …

Casanova’s life story is one of the most reliable sources of how Europeans lived in the eighteenth century. This is the fourth of his six-volume Memoirs, subtitled “Adventures in the South.”  Pr …

Volume five of Casanova’s six-volume Memoirs, “In London and Moscow, ” recounts more of his many exciting love affairs (which lead to disease), and his time in England among the “eccentric”—attemptin …

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. …

Casanova (1725-1798) ne déroule pas seulement l’histoire de sa vie : il la recrée par la littérature. Il n’a pas le goût de la confession, mais celui du spectacle. Son pouvoir de séduction, c’est le …