The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to Trieste
by OpenStories
Original author: Giacomo Casanova
"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to…" is part of Giacomo Casanova's unfinished memoir written in French during the late 18th century. This famous Venetian adventurer chronicled his extraordinary life from birth through 1774 in approximately 3,500 pages. His manuscript passed through family hands after his 1798 death, eventually reaching publishers who produced heavily censored editions. The original unexpurgated text wasn't published until 1960-1962, finally revealing Casanova's authentic voice after over a century of bowdlerized versions shaped his reputation.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to Trieste, by Giacomo Casanova. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2979.
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