num_pages: 728
description: In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels. With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminary--but is soon expelled. He is briefly imprisoned in the fortress of Sant' Andrea. After wandering from Naples to Rome in search of a patron, he enters the service of Cardinal Acquaviva.About this edition: Because every previous edition of Casanova's "Memoirs" had been abridged to suppress the author's political and religious views and tame his vivid, often racy, style, the literary world considered it a major event when Willard R. Trask's translation of the complete original text was published in six double volumes between 1966 and 1971. Trask's award-winning translation now appears in paperback for the first time.
language: English
title: History of My Life, Vols. I & II
titlecomplete: History of My Life, Vols. I & II
characters: Giacomo Casanova
genres: Biography, Italy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Romance, Classics, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Research, History
ratings_count: 422
series: History of My Life
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation
publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World