The Complete Memoirs of Casanova [Kindle Edition]

Jacques Casanova (Author), Arthur Symons (Author, Editor), Arthur Machen (Author, Translator)

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Jacques Casanova de Seingault was a Venetian adventurer and author. His autobiography, "Histoire de ma vie" (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. So famous a womanizer was the Italian-born Casanova that, a full two centuries after his death, his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 4637 KB
• Publisher: Clue; 1 edition (December 21, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0011V5GME
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,168 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #39 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > History > Europe > Italy

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hard to navigate., August 1, 2009

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Gabriel K. Bradley (Notre Dame, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Memoirs of Casanova (Kindle Edition)

It's a great book for 99 cents, so it's hard to complain. But it's also a long book, so the lack of a table of contents is irksome. This is the public domain translation by Arthur Machen. There are other versions of this translation in the Kindle store that have a table of contents and are easier to navigate.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Casanova, Far Better Than Fiction, December 4, 2011

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Nogod - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Complete Memoirs of Casanova (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (Kindle Edition)

This edition is a bargain!
It is the least costly and has a working table of contents, a greatly underrated classic. It's a sleeper admired by Mark Twain and many others. I read all the volumes at the age of 18 and now at 75 found it as delightful.

Arthur Machen did a superb job with the limited translation he had to work with at the time. This is one of the great raconteur books of all times. It shows rare honesty, incite and a very amusing very detailed unique look at life from top to bottom in the 18th century.

As a Casanova-file I would like to suggest that Kindle eventually provides the fine new translation of the now available complete manuscript by Willard A.Trask.

5.0 out of 5 stars Under Rated, January 15, 2012

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Jerry (OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Memoirs of Casanova (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (Kindle Edition)

I downloaded the first few volumes for my Kindle on a whim. After reading those, I had to download the rest. I was greatly surprised that I hadn't known anyone to speak about this memoir - it's excellent. Casanova is an adept storyteller and he lived quite an interesting life, you'll enjoy it.