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Giacomo Casanova

1725–1798

Best known for the vivid memoir Histoire de ma vie, this Venetian adventurer turned his restless life into one of the most famous self-portraits in European literature. His story moves through salons, prisons, gambling tables, and royal courts, capturing the energy of the 18th century along the way.

40 Audiobooks

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. I (of VI), "Venetian Years"

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. VI (of VI), "Spanish Passions"

by Giacomo Casanova

Quotes and Images from the Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. V (of VI), "In London and Moscow"

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. IV (of VI), "Adventures In The South"

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest"

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison"

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 01: Childhood

by Giacomo Casanova

Index of the Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Casanova

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 22: to London

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 08: Convent Affairs

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 04: Return to Venice

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 23: English

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 19: Back Again to Paris

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and Death

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 14: Switzerland

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 25: Russia and Poland

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 10: under the Leads

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 03: Military Career

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 27: Expelled from Spain

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 16: Depart Switzerland

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 07: Venice

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 02: a Cleric in Naples

by Giacomo Casanova

Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Jacques Casanova

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to Trieste

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 24: London to Berlin

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 12: Return to Paris

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 26: Spain

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 17: Return to Italy

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 18: Return to Naples

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 15: With Voltaire

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 13: Holland and Germany

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 09: the False Nun

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 20: Milan

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 11: Paris and Holland

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 06: Paris

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 05: Milan and Mantua

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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 21: South of France

by Giacomo Casanova

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 28: Rome

by Giacomo Casanova

About the author

Born in Venice in 1725, Giacomo Casanova lived many lives: writer, traveler, sometime cleric, violinist, gambler, and tireless social climber. He moved across Europe meeting nobles, intellectuals, and artists, and his name later became almost a shorthand for seduction.

What keeps him important as an author is not just the legend around him, but the writing itself. His memoir, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), written late in life, is prized for its wit, detail, and sharp picture of everyday life in 18th-century Europe.

In his final years he worked as a librarian at Castle Dux in Bohemia, where he wrote extensively before dying in 1798. Today he is remembered both as a colorful historical figure and as a remarkable memoirist whose work preserves an entire world in motion.