History of My LifeAward-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback. Volumes 9 and 10 contain descriptions of Casanova's first visits to England, Prussia, Russia, and Poland. In all these countries he gained access to the Courts. Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia join the roster of potentates entertained and charmed by the adventurer. Though beginning to age, and ruing it, Casanova still manages to exert a powerful attraction on women. 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. |
Contents
Volume | 9 |
page | 22 |
page | 45 |
page | 77 |
page | 105 |
page | 137 |
page | 187 |
page | 215 |
Volume 10 | |
page 21 | 21 |
page 41 | 41 |
page 65 | 65 |
page 90 | 90 |
Crèvecoeur Baumbach Journey to Moscow Continuation of | 117 |
see the Czarina My conversations with that great sovereign | 138 |
page 173 | 173 |
page | 249 |
page | 271 |
page | 305 |
Bottarelli Letter from Pauline in care of Senhor de Saa | 338 |
NOTES page | 367 |
page 212 | 212 |
page 237 | 237 |
page 268 | 268 |
page 297 | 297 |