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Feb 7, 2023 · In 1725 a child was born in the Republic of Venice who would grow up to be Casanova, known for his lifelong obsession with the pursuit of pleasure. Wreathed in beauty and splendor, Venice in the...
Giacomo Casanova - born in 1725 to a couple who were actors, he was never able to completely cut all ties to the theatre. He once wrote that the stage captivated him just as much as the women he was unable to resist.
It is hard to distinguish between the writer Giacomo Casanova, born in Venice in 1725, and the protagonist of his monumental Story of My Life ("neither the story of a famous man nor a novel"), the multi-volume source of his fame as a symbol of unabashed, libertine sexuality; and it is harder still to neglect the countless other books and films t...
