>Almost twice as many words as the BibleWhat the fuck was he writing about?
>>24858486I've read a bit of this. One of his first conquests is just him straight up raping a woman.
which way western man?
Giving ladies of the court the dick and shooting nons dead. It's a great read, unironically.
I can't wait until AI is good enough to get it to rewrite History of My Life but instead of Casanova it will rewrite it as Mystery.
>>24858496He's French.
I still need to read this and Memoirs d'Outre Tombe.
>>24858486It's probably the greatest book in the Western canon and a snapshot of ordinary life in his time. It is often hilarious.
>>24858486He was an interesting guy. Parents abandoned him to be actors, he gets well-educated, uses charisma and storytelling to enter high society, fucks tons of women, never holds a consistent job, escapes from prison, and just has adventures all the way into his 50s. Then he became a bitter loser because he was aging and his patrons stopped giving him money. He complained about his wrinkles and got sad so he lost all confidence, then women didn't want to fuck him anymore. He was broke, old, had no skills, and accomplished nothing by this time. He spends the last 20 years of his life working in a library alone and then writes his memoirs. They end up being the greatest insight into 18th century European culture and life over any other text.>nooo i'm old and women don't want to fuck me anymore, life is over after 50If this nigger knew what 70 y/o Ben Franklin was pulling in France maybe he wouldn't have been so gay at the end of his life.
>>24858771... You mean Italian, right?
>>24858548AI can literally already do that. Writing full books is one of the things it is best at. I've had it write dozens already.
>>24859603>I've had it write dozens already.And they are shit
>>24859572No, I meant French... I suppose my whole life I just assumed a degen aristocrat was a Frenchman... My bad, anon.
>>24859572He was an honorary Frenchman. He even wrote in French so we claim him now.
>>24858500Right is the greatest achievement of western litLeft is fun
>>24860131>Right is the greatest achievement of western litThat's not Blood Meridian
>>24860150Maybe if you interpret western to mean there are cowboys
I heard he had a big dickIs that correct anons?
>>24860081But he wasn't an aristocrat.
>>24858496No wonder women loved him.
>>24859564Franklin was fabulously wealthy, well connected, and loved porking old widows. A bit different from an old broke nigga who still wanted tight young trim.
>>24858486Charles-Joseph, le 7ème Prince de Ligne mogs him. One of the most interesting character traits of Casanova, for me, is neither the cocksmanship, nor the polymathy, whether real or mere affectation, but the absolute, indelible class envy which permeates his oeuvre (debatable, daring take) and ultimately defines his life. (couldn't be fucked to search for an English version, not that I didn't try. Nowhere to be found in the 7th or 8th Tome of Trask's translation, maybe 9/10 or 5/6? Anna's archive is too slow and as much as it pains me to say it, I will probably never subscribe) ---Legendary tirade on nobility and merit (Tome 7, Chapter 16, Édition Garnier Frères - 1880)>Malheureux comtes, marquis, barons, vous qui tournez en ridicule l’amour-propre d’un homme de bien qui veut, par de belles actions, vous forcer à convenir qu’il est aussi noble que vous, méfiez-vous de lui, si vous réussissez à rabaisser sa généreuse prétention, si vous parvenez à l’avilir ; car, saisi d’un juste dédain, il vous déchirera à belles dents, et il aura raison, parce que vous devez respecter cet homme qui, se disant gentilhomme, sans l’être à votre façon, pense que pour avoir le droit d’en jouer le personnage il lui suffit de faire de belles actions. Respectez cet homme qui donne à la noblesse une définition que vous ne comprenez pas. Il ne dit point qu’elle consiste dans une suite de générations de père en fils dont il est lui-même le dernier hoir ; car il rit des généalogies si souvent interrompues et flétries par le sang abject que des épouses infidèles font couler dans les veines de leurs enfants ; il définit le vrai noble : l’homme qui veut être respecté, et qui croit que pour avoir le droit de l’être le seul moyen est, en se respectant lui-même, de respecter les autres, de vivre honnêtement, de ne tromper personne, de ne jamais souiller sa langue d’un mensonge quand celui qui l’écoute doit croire qu’il dit vrai ; enfin, de préférer son honneur à sa vie.Cette dernière partie de sa définition doit vous faire craindre qu’il ne vous tue, si vous le déshonorez par trahison ou par surprise ; car, en physique, tout ce qui heurte éprouve le contre-choc de la réaction ; mais en morale la réaction est plus forte qu’en physique. La réaction de l’imposture est le mépris ; celle du mépris, la haine, celle de la haine, l’homicide, comme il l’est d’une tache qui couvre de déshonneur un homme qui veut être honoré et qui fait tout pour l’être.
>>24860397>Charles-Joseph, le 7ème Prince de Ligne mogs him.In terms of writing or dicking broads or both?
>>24860229He doesn't mention it
>>24860403both, but in terms of style of writing it's obvious that Casanova's was tainted with Italianisms and consequently Latinisms at a time where the French language remained very abstract, classical (moralists, Princesse de Clèves..) and has for a long while been considered sub-par.Mme. de Staël (iirc) compiled the writings of Prince de Ligne, what came of it, is a collections of essays/aphorisms, aphoristic essays, anecdotes of various uses and of definite interest.
>>24860066They're actually the best writing I've ever read in my life.Still hating on AI is extremely NPC.
>>24860724You're sitting around reading books written by a tarted-up autocomplete algorithm. You have no right to call others NPCs.
>>24860731I gave it all the parameters of what I wanted. It was my book idea. It merely generated it instantaneously, saving me years of time writing it myself or tracking down a book that comes close to replicating it, and ultimately most likely failing in doing so. And since it saves time on a scale previously unseen in humanity, you can speed along the learning process and learn more quickly. Now that art as a whole is essentially SOLVED, I can devote my life to science and philosophy, while you still vainly and narcissistically try to write the great American novel about a depressed loner who is literally you.I unironically hope that AI puts every single artist, writer, musician and filmmaker out of business. Then you philosophy majors might have to do something else with your life.
>>24858486The Nova House of course
>>24858496She liked it and teased him afterwards about how will she explain at confession that she cheated on her husband with a priest
>>24858486Nohing important. Moronic people get triggered when they read too much into him.
>>24860772I pity you.
>>24860805Quality rebuttal.
>>24860810Thanks.
>>24860772>I unironically hope that AI puts every single artist, writer, musician and filmmaker out of businessThey won't go out of business. Many will though. The good ones will use AI to their advantage and thrive. The bad ones will talk shit about AI, avoid it, and get steamrolled by the competition.
>>24859564>chad becomes a bitter faggot the moment his looks fade
The fate of Lucie devastated me when I read it.
>>24858486I would rather read some abridged version.
>>24862733Probably your best bet, though you are better off with a collection of some of his selected sexual escapades rather than one that sums up his life. Just be sure to read about his escape from jail
>The frontispiece of woman runs from top to bottom like that of a book, and her feet, which are most important to every man who shares my taste, offer the same interest as the edition of the work. If it is true that most amateurs bestow little or no attention upon the feet of a woman, it is likewise a fact that most readers care little or nothing whether a book is of the first edition or the tenth.
