64007X1 Reprint Edition. Da Capo Press, New York: 1984. 362 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. It is unfair that the fascinating character of Casanova should be reduced in most people's minds to that of a stereotype: the amoral bedroom adventurer. As any reader of his Memoirs has discovered, Casanova was a multitude of selves - philosopher, musician, actor, satirist, gambler, soldier, magician, diplomat, even librarian. B y simply telling the story of his life, he brings 18th-century Europe alive. It takes the reader on a spree through high society in Rome, Paris, Florence, London, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Venice as Casanova pursues women, fortune, and titled respectability. Transloated into English from the French by Arthur Machen. "Casanova, his Memoirs make clear, was no Casanova - no cad. He loved women to be sure, but he also had a passion for honor, fame, virtue, and world literature, to whose history this book will always belong." ISBN: 0306802082 $23.75USD
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