Casanova PDF
Title Casanova
Author Stefan Zweig
Publisher Pushkin Press
Category Historical Bios
Released Date 2007-09-28
Language English
Format EPUB
Pages 121
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Summary
Casanova, the Venetian who lived most of his life in exile from his beloved city and created his own myth - which in turn is a reflection of the nature of the city itself - is the subject of this masterly biographical essay by Stefan Zweig. As Zweig describes in this volume: Imaginative writers rarely have a biography, and men who have biographies are only in exceptional circumstances able to write them. Casanova is a splendid, almost unique exception....
Chapter List (16 chapters):Chapter 1: Cover
Chapter 2: Title Page
Chapter 3: Dedication
Chapter 4: Table of Contents
Chapter 5: Epigraph
Chapter 6: THE MAN AND THE BOOK
Chapter 7: LIKENESS OF CASANOVA IN YOUTH
Chapter 8: THE ADVENTURERS
Chapter 9: TRAINING AND TALENTS
Chapter 10: PHILOSOPHY OF SUPERFICIALITY
Chapter 11: HOMO EROTICUS
Chapter 12: YEARS IN OBSCURITY
Chapter 13: LIKENESS OF CASANOVA IN OLD AGE
Chapter 14: GENIUS FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE
Chapter 15: AFTERWORD
Chapter 16: Copyright
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soylentgreen23
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At times magnificent, at times slow and plodding and just a shade too woolly to be as captivating as it could be, this is nonetheless a great introduction to the life of history's greatest lover
