Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… he exclaims: ‘Dans ce monde, pour être heureux, il faut se faire aimer’. 2 These claims can be taken as an apt expression of Casanova’s own life, narrated in the autobiographical narrative that turned him into a myth. But there is … trans. by Willard Trask (Harcourt: Brace and World, 1966), reprinted in 6 books (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997). Further designated as Histoire. Quotes are in the text, vol. and p. of the French edition. Such sociability … not think much of him; Emperor Frederick II of Prussia noticed him, but only for his good looks; Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia conversed with him but did not entrust him with any assignment. But Casanova’s connections were not …
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