If you were searching for the best source text on European culture in the 18th century, you would find yourself reading the Story of My Life, by Giacomo Casanova.
And instead of reading some dense binding full of face-smacking boredom and lessons on dinner etiquette, you would read about a man who sharpened the skill of seduction to the point of a profession. One who schemed, scammed, and gambled with the nobility, conned ladies with promises of occult wisdom, fought in a duel, won the hearts of beautiful women, and stole the pleasure of some girls too young to mention.
This is the Playboy of Venice.
“I am writing “My Life” to laugh at myself, and I am succeeding."
"I begin by informing my reader that for everything good or bad that I have done throughout my life, I am certain I have always earned due approbation or reproof, and must therefore consider myself a free man.”
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