{"product_id":"history-of-my-life-volumes-3-and-4-paperback","title":"History of My Life: Volumes 3 and 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWillard R. Trask\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolumes 3 and 4 offer some of the most extraordinary episodes in Casanova's extraordinary life, including his liaison with the nun M. M., and his flight from the State Inquisitor's prison--each in its own way a feat of singular dash and daring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause every previous edition of Casanova's \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiacomo Casanova \u003c\/b\u003e was born in Venice in 1725. His parents, both actors, wanted him to become a priest, but their hopes were dashed when, at sixteen, he was expelled from seminary for immoral misconduct. Probably best-known for his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was in turn a secretary, a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, a lottery director, and a spy. He translated Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e into Italian and collaborated with Da Ponte on the libretto for Mozart's \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e. He retired in 1785 to the castle of a friend--Count Waldstein of Bohemia--in order to write his memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 728\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.69 x 8.03 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722963849279,"sku":"9780801856631","price":108.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a346a2b7d6b2afe979dab28627c3b557.webp?v=1765097540","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/history-of-my-life-volumes-3-and-4-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}