The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Translated by Arthur Machen by Giacomo CasanovaĪll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Casanova himself? I think he rather liked himself, but he was quite pompous and arrogant. Sometimes I was quite perplexed by some of the 'solutions' and sometimes they (almost?) made sense.And Mr. The husband actually benefited from his wife's lover! Unimaginable today.The justice 'system' then is incomparable with what we have today. Especially if this lover had a higher status than her husband this could turn out very beneficial. The man lived to be 73, so he's seen plenty! He also traveled a lot, he was, after all, banned from Venice for quite some years.What really got me is that compared to today, the people then seemed quite free and modern man quite narrow-minded.For example: it was very normal for a woman to have a lover. I really like Casanova's style of writing and his sense of humor.These books really give you some insight in Europe in the 18th century. It took me a few months to read all 6 volumes, but it was well worth it.
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