THE MEMOIRS
OF
JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT
1725-1798

THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS.


[Transcriber’s Note: These memoires were not written for children, they may outrage readers also offended by Chaucer, La Fontaine, Rabelais and The Old Testament. D.W.]



CONTENTS

[ CASANOVA AT DUX ]

[ TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE ]

[ AUTHOR’S PREFACE ]

[ THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA ]

[ VOLUME 1 — VENETIAN YEARS ]

[ EPISODE 1 — CHILDHOOD ]

[ CHAPTER I ]

[ CHAPTER II ]

[ CHAPTER III ]

[ CHAPTER IV ]

[ CHAPTER V ]

[ CHAPTER VI ]

[ CHAPTER VII ]

[ EPISODE 2 — CLERIC IN NAPLES ]

[ CHAPTER VIII ]

[ CHAPTER IX ]

[ CHAPTER X ]

[ CHAPTER XI ]

[ CHAPTER XII ]

[ EPISODE 3 — MILITARY CAREER ]

[ CHAPTER XIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIV ]

[ CHAPTER XV ]

[ EPISODE 4 — RETURN TO VENICE ]

[ CHAPTER XVI ]

[ CHAPTER XVII ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIX ]

[ EPISODE 5 — MILAN AND MANTUA ]

[ CHAPTER XX ]

[ CHAPTER XXI ]

[ CHAPTER XXII ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII ]

[ VOLUME 2 — TO PARIS AND PRISON ]

[ EPISODE 6 — PARIS ]

[ CHAPTER I ]

[ CHAPTER II ]

[ CHAPTER III ]

[ CHAPTER IV ]

[ CHAPTER V ]

[ CHAPTER VI ]

[ CHAPTER VII ]

[ CHAPTER VIII ]

[ CHAPTER IX ]

[ EPISODE 7 — VENICE ]

[ CHAPTER X ]

[ CHAPTER XI ]

[ CHAPTER XII ]

[ CHAPTER XIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIV ]

[ CHAPTER XV ]

[ EPISODE 8 — CONVENT AFFAIRS ]

[ CHAPTER XVI ]

[ CHAPTER XVII ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIX ]

[ CHAPTER XX ]

[ EPISODE 9 — THE FALSE NUN ]

[ CHAPTER XXI ]

[ CHAPTER XXII ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV ]

[ CHAPTER XXV ]

[ EPISODE 10 — UNDER THE LEADS ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX ]

[ CHAPTER XXX ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII ]

[ VOLUME 3 — THE ETERNAL QUEST ]

[ EPISODE 11 — PARIS AND HOLLAND ]

[ CHAPTER I ]

[ CHAPTER II ]

[ CHAPTER III ]

[ CHAPTER IV ]

[ EPISODE 12 — RETURN TO PARIS ]

[ CHAPTER V ]

[ CHAPTER VI ]

[ CHAPTER VII ]

[ CHAPTER VIII ]

[ CHAPTER IX ]

[ EPISODE 13 — HOLLAND AND GERMANY ]

[ CHAPTER X ]

[ CHAPTER XI ]

[ CHAPTER XII ]

[ EPISODE 14 — SWITZERLAND ]

[ CHAPTER XIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIV ]

[ CHAPTER XV ]

[ CHAPTER XVI ]

[ CHAPTER XVII ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII ]

[ EPISODE 15 — WITH VOLTAIRE ]

[ CHAPTER XIX ]

[ CHAPTER XX ]

[ CHAPTER XXI ]

[ VOLUME 4 — ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH ]

[ EPISODE 16 — DEPART SWITZERLAND ]

[ CHAPTER I ]

[ CHAPTER II ]

[ CHAPTER III ]

[ EPISODE 17 — RETURN TO ITALY ]

[ CHAPTER IV ]

[ CHAPTER V ]

[ CHAPTER VI ]

[ CHAPTER VII ]

[ EPISODE 18—RETURN TO NAPLES ]

[ CHAPTER VIII ]

[ CHAPTER IX ]

[ CHAPTER X ]

[ CHAPTER XI ]

[ CHAPTER XII ]

[ EPISODE 19 — BACK AGAIN TO PARIS ]

[ CHAPTER XIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIV ]

[ CHAPTER XV ]

[ CHAPTER XVI ]

[ CHAPTER XVII ]

[ EPISODE 20 — MILAN ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIX ]

[ CHAPTER XX ]

[ CHAPTER XXI ]

[ CHAPTER XXII ]

[ VOLUME 5 — TO LONDON AND MOSCOW ]

[ EPISODE 21 — SOUTH OF FRANCE ]

[ CHAPTER I ]

[ CHAPTER II ]

[ CHAPTER III ]

[ CHAPTER IV ]

[ EPISODE 21 — TO LONDON ]

[ CHAPTER V ]

[ CHAPTER VI ]

[ CHAPTER VII ]

[ CHAPTER VIII ]

[ CHAPTER IX ]

[ EPISODE 23—THE ENGLISH ]

[ CHAPTER X ]

[ CHAPTER XI ]

[ CHAPTER XII ]

[ CHAPTER XIII ]

[ EPISODE 24 — FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO BERLIN ]

[ CHAPTER XIV ]

[ CHAPTER XV ]

[ CHAPTER XVI ]

[ CHAPTER XVII ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII ]

[ EPISODE 25 — RUSSIA AND POLAND ]

[ CHAPTER XIX ]

[ CHAPTER XX ]

[ CHAPTER XXI ]

[ CHAPTER XXII ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII ]

[ VOLUME 6 — SPANISH PASSIONS ]

[ EPISODE 26 — SPAIN ]

[ CHAPTER I ]

[ CHAPTER II ]

[ CHAPTER III ]

[ CHAPTER IV ]

[ CHAPTER V ]

[ CHAPTER VI ]

[ EPISODE 27 — EXPELLED FROM SPAIN ]

[ CHAPTER VII ]

[ CHAPTER VIII ]

[ CHAPTER IX ]

[ CHAPTER X ]

[ CHAPTER XI ]

[ CHAPTER XII ]

[ EPISODE 28 — RETURN TO ROME ]

[ CHAPTER XIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIV ]

[ CHAPTER XV ]

[ CHAPTER XVI ]

[ CHAPTER XVII ]

[ EPISODE 29 — FLORENCE TO TRIESTE ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII ]

[ CHAPTER XIX ]

[ CHAPTER XX ]

[ CHAPTER XXI ]

[ CHAPTER XXII ]

[ EPISODE 30 — OLD AGE AND DEATH OF CASANOVA ]

[ APPENDIX AND SUPPLEMENT ]

[ PART THE FIRST — VENICE 1774-1782 ]

[ I — CASANOVA’S RETURN TO VENICE ]

[ II — RELATIONS WITH THE INQUISITORS ]

[ III — FRANCESCA BUSCHINI ]

[ IV — PUBLICATIONS ]

[ V — MLLE—— X—— . . . C—— . . . V——. . . ]

[ VI — LAST DAYS AT VENICE ]

[ PART THE SECOND — VIENNA-PARIS ]

[ I — 1783-1785 ]

[ II — PARIS ]

[ III — VIENNA ]

[ IV — LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA ]

[ V — LAST DAYS AT VIENNA ]

[ PART THE THIRD — DUX — 1786-1798 ]

[ I — THE CASTLE AT DUX ]

[ II — LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA ]

[ III — CORRESPONDENCE AND ACTIVITIES ]

[ IV — CORRESPONDENCE WITH JEAN-FERDINAND OPIZ ]

[ V — PUBLICATIONS ]

[ VI — SUMMARY of MY LIFE ]

[ VII — LAST DAYS AT DUX ]


Illustrations

[ Bookcover 1 ]

[ Titlepage 1 ]

[ Chapter 4 ]

[ Chapter 5 ]

[ Chapter 8 ]

[ Chapter 9 ]

[ Chapter 14 ]

[ Chapter 14b ]

[ Chapter 17 ]

[ Chapter 18 ]

[ Chapter 8 ]

[ Chapter 9 ]

[ Chapter 22 ]

[ Chapter 23 ]

[ Chapter 5 ]

[ Chapter 6 ]

[ Chapter 11 ]

[ Chapter 12 ]

[ Chapter 7 ]

[ Chapter 8 ]

[ Chapter 16 ]

[ Chapter 16b ]

[ Chapter 7 ]

[ Chapter 8 ]

[ Chapter 15 ]

[ Chapter 17 ]

[ Chapter 7 ]

[ Chapter 8 ]

[ Chapter 15 ]

[ Chapter 16 ]


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