Summary of Leo Damrosch's Adventurer

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#1 Giacomo Casanova was the child of a love match between two actors. His father, with the grand name of Gaetano Giuseppe Giacomo Casanova, had left his family in Parma, moved to Venice, and joined a company of actors at the San Samuele theater. He fell in love with a young actress named Giovanna Farussi, and they were married by a bishop on February 17, 1724.

#2 Casanova’s childhood was uneventful. He barely rememberd anything until the age of eight, and even then, he didn’t think it was interesting. He loved his grandmother Marzia, who raised him.

#3 Casanova’s life was a drama, and he understood it that way. He thought of his life as a commedia, which is any kind of drama, not just comic. Venice was a unique city, and Casanova took that for granted.

#4 Casanova loved Venice, and he loved the local language, which was a romance language in its own right. He also loved the theater, and Zanetta was a star. He never acted himself, but he was always a theatrical improviser.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543348

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Giacomo Casanova was the child of a love match between two actors. His father, with the grand name of Gaetano Giuseppe Giacomo Casanova, had left his family in Parma, moved to Venice, and joined a company of actors at the San Samuele theater. He fell in love with a young actress named Giovanna Farussi, and they were married by a bishop on February 17, 1724.

#2

Casanova’s childhood was uneventful. He barely rememberd anything until the age of eight, and even then, he didn’t think it was interesting. He loved his grandmother Marzia, who raised him.

#3

Casanova’s life was a drama, and he understood it that way. He thought of his life as a commedia, which is any kind of drama, not just comic. Venice was a unique city, and Casanova took that for granted.

#4

Casanova loved Venice, and he loved the local language, which was a romance language in its own right. He also loved the theater, and Zanetta was a star. He never acted himself, but he was always a theatrical improviser.

#5

The Venetian theater was completely improvised, and it was a genre that consisted of characters taking traditional roles and competing with inventive riffs on the gossip of the day. It was a true ensemble genre.

#6

The Venetian theater was famous for its comedies, and Goldoni was a major contributor to this form of entertainment. He was also a great improviser, and he loved challenges.

#7

Music was a constant presence in Venice, and it was especially popular in the Ospedali, orphan girls’ institutions that provided them with a musical education.

#8

Religion was also theatrical, and church services were a sensory feast. For most people, religion was recreational rather than solemn.

#9

Venice was like a stage set, with its center at the magnificent church of San Marco and the adjacent Ducal Palace from which the city was governed. The twin granite columns on the Molo, the waterfront, came from Syria.

#10

The church of San Marco became a cathedral in the nineteenth century. It was the private chapel of the doge, the head of state, and it was extraordinary. It boasted no monarch on earth could match its magnificence.

#11

The city of Venice was famous for its carnival, which was a two-week period that culminated in Martedì Grasso, Mardi Gras. It was a celebration of masks, and foreigners thought that the city was like an eighteenth-century Las Vegas.

#12

The heart of the city of pleasure was gambling at cards, for which foreigners were eager victims. The Ridotto was an officially sanctioned gambling venue, and the bankers who ran it were always noblemen.

#13

Casanova spent hours gambling, and his excellent memory and skill at rapid numerical calculation were invaluable assets. He never stooped to cheating, but his disclaimers are unconvincing. He did