Know your roots: The complete memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (Free ebook)

huyvanbin · 2010-12-15T16:31:09+00:00

I read this a few years ago. It's excellent and very entertaining (I actually read this somewhat abridged version).

However, keep in mind that this guy frequently ended up in prison, got kicked out of pretty much every country in Europe, had sex with little girls, almost had sex with his 6-year-old daughter, almost had sex with his daughter who was of legal age at the time, kidnapped a married couple with his band and stranded the man on an island, then took the wife and gangbanged her, and other questionable activities.

He's obviously a great person to read about, but it's hard to see how one can draw inspiration from him.

sedditor · 2010-12-15T00:10:46+00:00

I've read the first few chapters, Casanova is pretty badass. He had a girl pretend she was being possessed by the devil because she knew she couldn't be with him. And this was when he was only about 14, all while Amoging a guy who was a couple years older then him.

I would really like to read more but it is a pretty hard read to get through. I know there is a free audiobook version though.

chumpta · 2010-12-15T06:12:07+00:00

"M. de Malipiero would often inquire from me what advantages were accruing to me from the welcome I received at the hands of the respectable ladies I had become acquainted with at his house, taking care to tell me, before I could have time to answer, that they were all endowed with the greatest virtue, and that I would give everybody a bad opinion of myself, if I ever breathed one word of disparagement to the high reputation they all enjoyed. In this way he would inculcate in me the wise precept of reserve and discretion."

aw yeaaa

venomousplatypus · 2010-12-14T22:56:25+00:00

This is public domain so it's free (and legal) to download. Enjoy and learn your origins, Seddit!

Please consider donating to Project Gutenberg, they have lots of great books available for free.

ferveo · 2010-12-15T15:49:20+00:00

Read these a looong time ago and loved it. It does seem to me though that we, as a society, have actually regressed in term of our behaviors and etiquette. The Victorian era had so much more social grace compared to today. People knew what was expected of them and acted accordingly... mostly. This is what makes Casanova so interesting. He had a way of being a complete gentleman while at the same time breaking every rule of etiquette he could.

HipsterCasanova · 2010-12-15T12:59:12+00:00

Pff, I bet he doesn't listen to Animal Collective....

Title	Know your roots: The complete memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (Free ebook)
Author	venomousplatypus
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Date	December 14, 2010 10:54 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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