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  • The Devil

    • January 26, 2019
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    The Devil makes his initial appearance in ‘Casanova in Paris’ in chapter 4 (‘Places des Fleurs’) as one of a set of gargoyles decorating Pont Neuf during a scene in which Casanova is reflecting upon his negative feelings towards his mother.  The Devil then takes pride of place in two major dream sequences that reflect
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  • Casanova’s places

    • January 19, 2019
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    To help to get a better idea of where Casanova was born and brought up, Venice’s Casanova Museum has put together a collection of images and descriptions of places in Venice frequented by Casanova or linked to him in some way - here   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here.
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  • The inoculation debate in 18th-century France

    • January 12, 2019
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    Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images   Casanova’s autobiography frequently refers to smallpox and its effects, such as in the case of ‘fair Anglade’: [she] accepted a very advantageous proposal which was made her by Count Brawn. This charming Frenchwoman died of the small-pox a few months later, and there can be no doubt that
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