Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… turned him into a myth. But there is nothing mythical or fictional in the sociability and the various human (including sexual) connections that Casanova recounts in his Histoire de ma vie . Described by scholars as a ‘true encyclopedia of … the road, such as in a shared carriage, an inn, or a shared table, and they represented a usual starting point for his sexual adventures. Early in his life, a chance encounter with a rich Venetian senator durably changed his life: after …
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