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Giacomo Casanova

Born

in Venice, Italy

April 02, 1725

Died

June 04, 1798

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs

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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was a Venetian adventurer and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century.

He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction and he is sometimes called "the world's greatest lover". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with men such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart; but if he had not been obliged to spend some years as a librarian in the household of Count Waldstein of Bohemia (where he relieved his boredom by writing the story of his life), it is possible that he wou ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 6,478 ratings · 692 reviews · 1,198 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Story of My Life by Giacomo Casanova, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator), Gilberto Pizzamiglio (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 1,835 ratings — published 1789 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Venetian Years by Giacomo Casanova, Benedict Cumberbatch (narrator) 3.61 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 1797 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Vols. I & II by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 1794 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memoirs of Casanova 4.04 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 1789 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of my Escape: The story of my escape from the prisons of the Republic of Venice otherwise known as the Leads 4.01 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1788 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests 3.18 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1789 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Duel 3.49 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1789 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Volumes III & IV 4.51 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2007 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Vols. VII & VIII 4.37 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1794 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Vols. V & VI 4.55 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1794 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Giacomo Casanova

Memoirs of Casanova (27 books)
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Giacomo Casanova

3.90 avg rating — 1,375 ratings

History of My Life (6 books)
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Giacomo Casanova,

Willard R. Trask (Translator)

4.39 avg rating — 969 ratings

Histoire de ma vie (3 books)
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Giacomo Casanova,

Francis Lacassin (Editeur)

3.76 avg rating — 630 ratings

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova (?)

“Be the flame, not the moth.”
― Giacomo Casanova

tags: passion, self-destruction

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“one who makes no mistakes makes nothing”
― Giacomo Casanova

tags: mistakes, timidity

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“If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.”
― Giacomo Casanova

tags: inspirational, writing

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