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A review by gesch
The Duel by Giacomo Casanova
3.0
This novella is a delightful excerpt of Giacomo Casanova’s autobiographic “Story of my Life”. It recounts Casanova’s duel against a Count Branicki, an army colonel, over a perceived slight over a ballerina (a woman which did not interest either the Count or the Venetian), which ends in a duel and ultimately leads to Casanova’s expulsion from Warsaw.
The story is highly entertaining in spite of having an odd tone and pacing for in spite of it being a highly exciting and terrifying anecdote in a persons life it is written in a rather detached and slightly apathetic manner. Never the less it has a good number of dialogues and reflections written by Casanova which allow the reader a glimpse into the wit and psychology of the famous individual whose name would become synonymous with “Don Juan” character and the attributes associated with him.
The story is highly entertaining in spite of having an odd tone and pacing for in spite of it being a highly exciting and terrifying anecdote in a persons life it is written in a rather detached and slightly apathetic manner. Never the less it has a good number of dialogues and reflections written by Casanova which allow the reader a glimpse into the wit and psychology of the famous individual whose name would become synonymous with “Don Juan” character and the attributes associated with him.