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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