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Machen Edition

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

The rare unabridged London edition of 1894 translated by Arthur Machen to which has been added the chapters discovered by Arthur Symons.

Author's Preface

Volume 1: Venetian Years

Childhood

Chapter I: My Family Pedigree — My Childhood
Chapter II: My Grandmother Comes to Padua, and Takes Me to Dr. Gozzi’s School — My First Love Affair
Chapter III: Bettina Is Supposed to Go Mad — Father Mancia — The Small-pox — I Leave Padua
Chapter IV: I receive the minor orders from the patriarch of Venice — I get acquainted with Senator Malipiero, with Therese Imer, with the niece of the Curate, with Madame Orio, with Nanette and Marton, and with the Cavamacchia — I become a preacher — my adventure with Lucie at Pasean — A rendezvous on the third story.
Chapter V: An Unlucky Night — I Fall in Love with the Two Sisters, and Forget Angela — A Ball at My House — Juliette’s Humiliation — My Return to Pasian — Lucie’s Misfortune — A Propitious Storm
Chapter VI: My Grandmother’s Death and Its Consequences — I Lose M. de Malipiero’s Friendship — I Have No Longer a Home — La Tintoretta — I Am Sent to a Clerical Seminary — I Am Expelled From It, and Confined in a Fortress
Chapter VII: My Short Stay in Fort St. Andre — My First Repentance in Love Affairs — I Enjoy the Sweets of Revenge, and Prove a Clever Alibi — Arrest of Count Bonafede — My Release—Arrival of the Bishop — Farewell to Venice

Cleric in Naples

Military Career

Chapter XIII: 013
Chapter XIV: 014
Chapter XV: 015

Return to Venice

Chapter XVI: 016
Chapter XVII: 017
Chapter XVIII: 018
Chapter XIX: 019

Milan and Mantua

Chapter XX: 020
Chapter XXI: 021
Chapter XXII: 022
Chapter XXIII: 023

Volume 2: To Paris and Prison

Paris

Chapter I: 024
Chapter II: 025
Chapter III: 026
Chapter IV: 027
Chapter V: 028
Chapter VI: 029
Chapter VII: 030
Chapter VIII: 031
Chapter IX: 032

Venice

Chapter X: 033
Chapter XI: 034
Chapter XII: 035
Chapter XIII: 036
Chapter XIV: 037
Chapter XV: 038

Convent Affairs

Chapter XVI: 039
Chapter XVII: 040
Chapter XVIII: 041
Chapter XIX: 042
Chapter XX: 043

The False Nun

Chapter XXI: 044
Chapter XXII: 045
Chapter XXIII: 046
Chapter XXIV: 047
Chapter XXV: 048

Under The Leads

Chapter XXVI: 049
Chapter XXVII: 050
Chapter XXVIII: 051
Chapter XXIX: 052
Chapter XXX: 053
Chapter XXXI: 054
Chapter XXXII: 055

Volume 3: The Eternal Quest

Paris and Holland

Chapter I: 056
Chapter II: 057
Chapter III: 058
Chapter IV: 059

Return to Paris

Chapter V: 060
Chapter VI: 061
Chapter VII: 062
Chapter VIII: 063
Chapter IX: 064

Holland and Germany

Chapter X: 065
Chapter XI: 066
Chapter XII: 067

Switzerland

Chapter XIII: 068
Chapter XIV: 069
Chapter XV: 070
Chapter XVI: 071
Chapter XVII: 072
Chapter XVIII: 073

With Voltaire

Chapter XIX: 074
Chapter XX: 075
Chapter XXI: 076

Volume 4: Adventures in the South

Depart Switzerland

Chapter I: 077
Chapter II: 078
Chapter III: 079

Return to Italy

Chapter IV: 080
Chapter V: 081
Chapter VI: 082
Chapter VII: 083

Return to Naples

Chapter VIII: 084
Chapter IX: 085
Chapter X: 086
Chapter XI: 087
Chapter XII: 088

Back again to Paris

Chapter XIII: 089
Chapter XIV: 090
Chapter XV: 091
Chapter XVI: 092
Chapter XVII: 093

Milan

Chapter XVIII: 094
Chapter XIX: 095
Chapter XX: 096
Chapter XXI: 097
Chapter XXII: 098

Volume 5: To London and Moscow

South of France

Chapter I: 099
Chapter II: 100
Chapter III: 101
Chapter IV: 102

To London

Chapter V: 103
Chapter VI: 104
Chapter VII: 105
Chapter VIII: 106
Chapter IX: 107

The English

Chapter X: 108
Chapter XI + Chapter XII: 109
Chapter XIII: 110

Flight from London to Berlin

Chapter XIV: 111
Chapter XV: 112
Chapter XVI: 113
Chapter XVII: 114
Chapter XVIII: 115

Russia and Poland

Chapter XIX: 116
Chapter XX: 117
Chapter XXI: 118
Chapter XXII: 119
Chapter XXIII: 120

Volume 6: Spanish Passions

Spain

Chapter I: 121
Chapter II: 122
Chapter III: 123
Chapter IV: 124
Chapter V: 125
Chapter VI: 126

Expelled from Spain

Chapter VII: 127
Chapter VIII: 128
Chapter IX + Chapter X: 129
Chapter XI: 130
Chapter XII: 131

Return to Rome

Chapter XIII: 132
Chapter XIV: 133
Chapter XV: 134
Chapter XVI: 135
Chapter XVII: 136
(two missing chapters) 137

Florence to Trieste

Chapter XVIII: 138
Chapter XIX: 139
Chapter XX: 140
Chapter XXI: 141
Chapter XXII: 142

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