by Giacomo Casanova · La Spiga-Meravigli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788871004020
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«Il duello» is the classic novel by Giacomo Casanova, published by La Spiga-Meravigli in paperback (48 pages, in Italian).
An episode from the life of Giacomo Casanova in which, after escaping from the Venetian prison of the Piombi and finding himself exiled, he must fight a duel with a Polish count over a dancer in whom neither of them is interested. He narrates it with irony and lively pace, portraying eighteenth-century Europe and the unexpected consequences of the confrontation.
Part of the Libri di una sera collection. Work originally published in 1789; this Italian edition came out in 1993.
For readers of Italian classics seeking a short, agile narrative, with Casanova's style and irony.
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was an adventurer and writer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiography, written in French and published posthumously as Histoire de ma vie. That work has come to be regarded as a unique and provocative source of information on the customs and norms of European social life in the 18th century.
