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History of My Life
History of My Life
Author: Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova
"Now at last we can enjoy the wonderful History of My Life... as if we were reading an entirely new book... Few more extraordinary men have ever lived; an no memoirist gives us a more vivid impression of the social background of his period." -- Peter QuennellThe last two volumes of Casanova's account of his extraordinary life include the story o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801856679
ISBN-10: 0801856671
Publication Date: 4/17/1997
Pages: 864
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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He wrote 12 volumes, they have been translated and published in 2 volume sets, so his autobiography is 6 books averaging about 700 pages each , not bad for someone who lived 52 or 53 years (1725 to 1798). His sexual exploits (oh, come on, that's why you're wanting to read him, isn't it?) have been called "repetitive" by some reviewers, so maybe reading only one volume would be enough.


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