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The story of my life
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- ISBN: 0140439153 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780140439151 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xxx, 532 p. ; 20 cm. - Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2001.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Marsilio, 2000. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Family history -- My first memory -- Journey to Padua -- My grandmother boards me at the home of Doctor Gozzi -- My first acquaintance with love -- Bettina believed to be mad -- Father Mancia -- The pox -- I leave Padua -- The patriarch of Venice confers the minor orders on me -- Getting to know Senator Malipiero, Teresa Imer, Father Tosello's niece, Signora Orio, Nanetta, Marta, and La Cavamacchie -- I become a preacher -- My adventure at Pasiano with Lucia -- My brief but highly eventful visit to Ancona -- Cecilia, Marina, Bellino -- The Greek slave girl from the lazaretto -- Bellino revealed -- Bellino Unmasked -- His Story -- Comic encounter at Orsara -- Journey to Corfu -- Sojourn in Constantinople -- Bonneval -- My return to Corfu -- I become a true good-for-nothing -- A great stroke of luck raises me from destitution to the rank of wealthy gentleman -- My apprenticeship in Paris -- Portraits -- Oddities -- A thousand things -- My blunders in the French language, my successes, my many acquaintances -- Louis XV -- My brother arrives in Paris -- My sojourn in Vienna -- Joseph II -- My departure for Venice -- First meeting with M.M. -- Letter from C.C. Second meeting with the nun in my superb casino in Venice -- I am happy -- Continuation of the preceding chapter -- Visit to the convent and conversation with M.M. -- Her letter to me and my answer -- Rendezvous at the casino in Murano, witnessed by her lover -- Under the lead roof -- The earthquake -- Soradaci's betrayal -- The means I used to overwhelm him -- Father Balbi succeeds in his task -- I leave my cell -- Count Asquini's untimely remarks -- The moment of departure -- My escape from the prison -- I nearly lose my life on the roof -- I leave the Ducal Palace, take ship and reach the mainland -- Father Balbi exposes me to danger -- The ruse by which I separate from him for the moment -- Voltaire, my discussions with the great man -- Ariosto -- The duke of Villars -- The syndic and his three lovely ladies -- Debate at Voltaire's house -- Cardinal Passionei -- The pope -- Mariuccia -- My arrival in Naples -- I reach Marseilles -- Mme. D'Urfe -- My niece is well received by Mme. Audibert -- I get rid of my brother and Passano -- Regeneration -- Mme. d'Urfe departs -- Marcolina's constancy -- My arrival in London -- Mrs. Cornelys -- I am presented at Court -- I rent a furnished house -- I meet many people -- The customs of the English -- Lord Keith -- Appointment with the king of Prussia in the garden of Sans Souci -- My conversation with the monarch -- La Denis -- The Pomeranian cadets -- I meet the czarina -- My conversations with the great Sovereign -- La Valville -- I leave Zaira -- My departure from St. Petersburg and arrival in Warsaw -- Princes Adam Czartoryski and Sulkowski -- The king of Poland, Stanislaus Poniatowski, called Stanislaus Augustus I -- Theatrical intrigues -- Branicki -- My duel with Branicki -- My departure from Paris -- My journey to Madrid -- The count of Aranda -- The prince of La Catolica -- The duke of Losada -- Mengs -- A ball -- La Pichona -- Dona Ignacia -- My courtship of Dona Ignacia, the gentleman-cobbler's daughter -- My imprisonment at Buen Retiro and my triumph -- I am recommended to the Venetian ambassador by a State Inquisitor of the Republic. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | D 285.8 .C4 A313 2001 | 30775305481112 | General Collection | Available | - |