num_pages: 576
description: Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world, but a supreme story teller. He lived a life stranger than most fictions, and the tale of his own adventures is his most compelling story, and one that remained unfinished at the time of his death. This new selection contains all the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and thrilling escape; and his amorous conquests, ranging from noblewomen to nuns.
language: English
title: The Story of My Life
titlecomplete: The Story of My Life
characters: Giacomo Casanova
genres: Biography, Classics, History, 18th Century, Autobiography, Italy, Italian Literature, Nonfiction, Literature, Memoir
ratings_count: 1891
places: Republic of Venice
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Premio Nacional a la mejor traducción
publisher: Penguin Classics