Giacomo Casanova

Born

in Venice, Italy

April 02, 1725

Died

June 04, 1798

Genre

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was a Venetian adventurer and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century.

He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction and he is sometimes called "the world's greatest lover". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with men such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart; but if he had not been obliged to spend some years as a librarian in the household of Count Waldstein of Bohemia (where he relieved his boredom by writing the story of his life), it is possible that he wou ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 5,080 ratings · 505 reviews · 404 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Story of My Life by Giacomo Casanova, Sophie Hawkes (Editor), Gilberto Pizzamiglio (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 1,661 ratings — published 1789 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Vols. I & II by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1794 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Venetian Years by Giacomo Casanova, Benedict Cumberbatch (narrator) 3.55 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 1797 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests (Great Loves, #4) 3.19 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1789 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Volumes III & IV by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (Translator) 4.57 avg rating — 118 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Vols. V & VI by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (Translator) 4.51 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1794 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memoirs of Casanova 3.95 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1822 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of My Life, Vols. VII & VIII by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (Translator) 4.53 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1794 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nun of Murano by Giacomo Casanova, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator), Sophie Hawkes (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 87 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Duel by Giacomo Casanova, Tim Parks (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.47 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1789 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Giacomo Casanova

Memoirs of Casanova (27 books)
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Giacomo Casanova,

Arthur Machen (Translator)

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History of My Life (6 books)
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Giacomo Casanova,

Willard R. Trask (Translator)

4.42 avg rating — 739 ratings

Histoire de ma vie (3 books)
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Francis Lacassin (Editeur)

3.70 avg rating — 523 ratings

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova

“Be the flame, not the moth.”
― Giacomo Casanova

tags: passion, self-destruction

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“one who makes no mistakes makes nothing”
― Giacomo Casanova

tags: mistakes, timidity

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“If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.”
― Giacomo Casanova

tags: inspirational, writing

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