Monday, March 26, 2012

Men of Letters

Engaging, if puffy, piece in Smithsonian about Casanova and his autobiography:

Who Was Casanova?

The personal memoir of history's most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin



Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Who-Was-Casanova.html#ixzz1qElAbhjr

I really ought to read this at some point - I feel like it's one of those Western classics that I am aware of, but don't really know that much about... But I'd need to find a good translation. Is there a definitive English edition?

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