![]() ![]() For a typical example, though my version skips ahead in volume 2, from chapter three to chapter seven, I did get to enjoy a summary of what was missed: The adventures just keep on coming one of the wonderful things about this Everyman Library edition (translated by Willard R Trask) is that whenever there are omissions from Casanova’s, even longer, original memoir, the editor fills you in. Frankly, this ends up feeling like one of his tamer escapades. Typically, Casanova made his confinement as eventful as he could, culminating in a daring cross-the-roof-tops escape. Sometimes of course, this wasn’t practical and there are several chapters that chronicle his various incarcerations, including the 15 months of a five year sentence spend in the ‘Leads’ an infamous Venetian prison. Casanova didn’t just live for a long time (1725 – 1798) he packed as much into every year as possible. Few autobiographies could sustain such detail, here I’m only too aware of how much was missed out. ![]() In my defence, even in this abridged version, Casanova’s ‘History of My Life’ weighs in at well over 1,000 pages. I’m a little late with the review of my 6th non-fiction book this year. ![]()
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