The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Volume 1, credited to Giacomo Casanova, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Volume 1, by Giacomo Casanova (transl. by Arthur Machen). This is the first of five volumes. - Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt. In his autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century, he mentions 122 women with whom he had sex. Although he is often associated with Don Juan because both seduced many women, Casanova is in fact very different from his fictitious counterpart. While Don Juan is a legend, Casanova is a historical character. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Volume 1
• Author credits: Giacomo Casanova
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 24:55:03

Catalogue topics

• audio book
• memoirs
• casanova
• venice

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 01 - Casanova at Dux — 53:55
2. 02 - Translator's Preface — 6:09
3. 03 - Author's Preface — 41:37
4. 04 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 1 — 27:14
5. 05 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 2 — 58:54
6. 06a - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 3, part 1 — 22:21
7. 06b - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 3, Part 2 — 24:19
8. 07 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 4 part 1 — 46:47
9. 08 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 4 part 2 — 46:16
10. 09 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 5 part 1 — 31:42
11. 10 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 5 part 2 — 31:13
12. 11 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 6 — 51:16
13. 12 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 7 part 1 — 26:49
14. 13 - Episode 1: Childhood. Chapter 7 part 2 — 27:25
15. 14 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 8 part 1 — 35:54
16. 15 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 8 part 2 — 34:48
17. 16 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 8 part 3 — 31:46
18. 17 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 9 part 1 — 29:16
19. 18 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 9 part 2 — 47:21
20. 19 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 10 part 1 — 25:22
21. 20 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 10 part 2 — 26:27
22. 21 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 10 part 3 — 23:53
23. 22 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 11 — 49:28
24. 23 - Episode 2: Cleric in Naples. Chapter 12 — 42:17

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