History of My Life Paperback / softback
by Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova
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In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels.
With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminary-but is soon expelled.
He is briefly imprisoned in the fortress of Sant' Andrea.
After wandering from Naples to Rome in search of a patron, he enters the service of Cardinal Acquaviva.
About this edition: Because every previous edition of Casanova's Memoirs had been abridged to suppress the author's political and religious views and tame his vivid, often racy, style, the literary world considered it a major event when Willard R.
Trask's translation of the complete original text was published in six double volumes between 1966 and 1971.
Trask's award-winning translation now appears in paperback for the first time.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:728 pages, 32 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:17/07/1997
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- ISBN:9780801856624
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:728 pages, 32 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:17/07/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780801856624