THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT 1725-1798
Arthur Machen translation
![[Illustration]](/illustrations/7271c1b5cb197aee.jpg)
THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS.
[Transcriber’s Note: These memoires were not written for children, they may outrage readers also offended by Chaucer, La Fontaine, Rabelais and The Old Testament. D.W.]
![[Illustration: cover 1]](/illustrations/c8533a8cbba47820.jpg)
CONTENTS
CASANOVA AT DUX
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA
VOLUME 1 — VENETIAN YEARS
EPISODE 1 — CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
EPISODE 2 — CLERIC IN NAPLES
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
EPISODE 3 — MILITARY CAREER
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
EPISODE 4 — RETURN TO VENICE
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
EPISODE 5 — MILAN AND MANTUA
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
![[Illustration: Bookcover 2]](/illustrations/4f5dba1272a33563.jpg)
VOLUME 2 — TO PARIS AND PRISON
EPISODE 6 — PARIS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
EPISODE 7 — VENICE
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
EPISODE 8 — CONVENT AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
EPISODE 9 — THE FALSE NUN
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
EPISODE 10 — UNDER THE LEADS
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
![[Illustration: Bookcover 3]](/illustrations/407201ad87a95eb3.jpg)
VOLUME 3 — THE ETERNAL QUEST
EPISODE 11 — PARIS AND HOLLAND
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
EPISODE 12 — RETURN TO PARIS
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
EPISODE 13 — HOLLAND AND GERMANY
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
EPISODE 14 — SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
EPISODE 15 — WITH VOLTAIRE
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
![[Illustration: Bookcover 4]](/illustrations/65421abcaff6ae17.jpg)
VOLUME 4 — ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH
EPISODE 16 — DEPART SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
EPISODE 17 — RETURN TO ITALY
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
EPISODE 18—RETURN TO NAPLES
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
EPISODE 19 — BACK AGAIN TO PARIS
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
EPISODE 20 — MILAN
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
![[Illustration: Bookcover 5]](/illustrations/2399795fdcb4555a.jpg)
VOLUME 5 — TO LONDON AND MOSCOW
EPISODE 21 — SOUTH OF FRANCE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
EPISODE 21 — TO LONDON
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
EPISODE 23—THE ENGLISH
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
EPISODE 24 — FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO BERLIN
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
EPISODE 25 — RUSSIA AND POLAND
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
![[Illustration: Bookcover 6]](/illustrations/b9ced3c0e849592c.jpg)
VOLUME 6 — SPANISH PASSIONS
EPISODE 26 — SPAIN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
EPISODE 27 — EXPELLED FROM SPAIN
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
EPISODE 28 — RETURN TO ROME
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
EPISODE 29 — FLORENCE TO TRIESTE
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
EPISODE 30 — OLD AGE AND DEATH OF CASANOVA
APPENDIX AND SUPPLEMENT
PART THE FIRST — VENICE 1774-1782
I — CASANOVA’S RETURN TO VENICE
II — RELATIONS WITH THE INQUISITORS
III — FRANCESCA BUSCHINI
IV — PUBLICATIONS
V — MLLE—— X—— . . . C—— . . . V——. . .
VI — LAST DAYS AT VENICE
PART THE SECOND — VIENNA-PARIS
I — 1783-1785
II — PARIS
III — VIENNA
IV — LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA
V — LAST DAYS AT VIENNA
PART THE THIRD — DUX — 1786-1798
I — THE CASTLE AT DUX
II — LETTERS FROM FRANCESCA
III — CORRESPONDENCE AND ACTIVITIES
IV — CORRESPONDENCE WITH JEAN-FERDINAND OPIZ
V — PUBLICATIONS
VI — SUMMARY of MY LIFE
VII — LAST DAYS AT DUX
Illustrations
Bookcover 1
Titlepage 1
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 14
Chapter 14b
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 16
Chapter 16b
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 15
Chapter 16