Casanova- Following The Steps Of A French Man
Written by admin on May 7, 2009 – 8:47 am -Written by AnnaLaura Brown During the 18th Century the Venetian Giacomo Casanova, known as Jacques Casanova in French went to live in Paris. Years later, he wrote his autobiography from a first person perspective. In a portion of his work he writes about his adventures and misadventures as he adjusted to life in Paris. This large work of 3,600 pages entitled Histoire de Ma Vie or The Story of my life in English is fascinating because he writes in French instead of Italian therefore giving the reader an idea of the struggles and differences of a foreigner who writes in a language other than his own, and points out some of the ambiguities not often found in works written by a native speaker. This unique literary work explores the concepts of
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