The Story of My Life (Penguin Classics) Book

Seducer gambler necromancer swindler Good Samaritan spy swashbuckler self-made gentlemen entrepreneur wit poet translator philosopher and general bonvivant Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover the Western world has known but also a storyteller of the first order. Since he lived a life richer and stranger than most fictions the tale of his won adventures is his most compelling story but his memoir remained - at 12 volumes - unfinished at the time of his death in 1798. In these selections made from authoritative French texts are all the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; carousing and dabbling in the occult; imprisonment and thrilling escape; travels and encounters with major literary figures and world leaders; and of course many amorous conquests ranging from noblewomen to nuns to cobblers' daughters all of them willing partners in the adventures of his life.

Coming to the big screen this JanuaryaBuena Vistaas Casanova, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, Good Samaritan, spy, swashbuckler, self-made gentleman, entrepreneur, poet, translator, philosopher...