Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… bancs de sable; ceux qui y naviguent doivent la parcourir avec des précautions’ (III, 26). Later, he would add that in England, like in Spain, ‘la qualité d’étranger est un défaut’ (III, 579). Such a conclusion was no doubt reinforced by … by a pretty woman. It was ‘La Binetti’, a dancer who had been his lover a long time ago and who happened to be touring England, and staying in his neighborhood. They were soon reunited and, even though they did not renew their romance, they … beauty proceeded to seduce and ruin the aging Casanova and bring him to the verge of suicide. After almost a year in England, and a resounding failure as a lover, Casanova was financially and emotionally bankrupt. It was at that point …
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