I read Casanova's memoirs in English translation, and the translation to my native language (the original is in French). I cannot recommend it enough. If you are interested, do NOT take an abridged publication (of which there are many), but the complete one: https://www.amazon.com/History-My-Life-Vols-1-2/dp/080185662... (the link is to vols 1-2 of 12).
It's about 3,000 pages written in a great style - very modern and fast paced. Not only Casanova was far from (only) a womanizer that the popular culture made of him, he was a man so ahead of it's time, that his memoirs are so full of wisdom that he would be an enlightened elite even today. He was a businessman, philosopher, con-man, adventurist, spy, politician, and, yes, a womanizer. But, above all this, a man with a very good reflection and understanding of the world, which we can enjoy reading his memoirs.
It's about 3,000 pages written in a great style - very modern and fast paced. Not only Casanova was far from (only) a womanizer that the popular culture made of him, he was a man so ahead of it's time, that his memoirs are so full of wisdom that he would be an enlightened elite even today. He was a businessman, philosopher, con-man, adventurist, spy, politician, and, yes, a womanizer. But, above all this, a man with a very good reflection and understanding of the world, which we can enjoy reading his memoirs.