Die beiden Nonnen (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Geschrieben von Giacomo Casanova

Erzählt von Oliver Nitsche

Venedig im Jahre 1753. Giacomo Casanova verfällt den Reizen der jungen C. und will sie sogleich heiraten. Doch ihr Vater ist gegen die Verbindung und verbannt seine Tochter in ein nahe gelegenes Kloster. Schon bald entspannt sich ein leidenschaftlicher Briefverkehr zwischen Casanova und seiner Geliebten, die auf Rettung aus den Klostermauern hofft ...

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Argon Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18. März 2016
• ISBN: 9783732403516

Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was an Italian adventurer and author. Born in Venice, Casanova was the eldest of six siblings born to Gaetano Casanova and Zanetta Farussi, an actor and actress. Raised in a city noted for its cosmopolitanism, night life, and glamor, Casanova overcame a sickly childhood to excel in school, entering the University of Padua at the age of 12. After graduating in 1742 with a degree in law, he struggled to balance his work as a lawyer and low-level cleric with a growing gambling addiction. As scandals and a prison sentence threatened to derail his career in the church, Casanova managed to find work as a scribe for a powerful Cardinal in Rome, but was soon dismissed and entered military service for the Republic of Venice. Over the next several years, he left the service, succeeded as a professional gambler, and embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe. Towards the end of his life, Casanova worked on his exhaustive, scandalous memoirs, a 12-volume autobiography reflecting on a legendary life of romance and debauchery that brought him from the heights of aristocratic society to the lows of illness and imprisonment. Recognized for his self-styled sensationalism as much as he is for his detailed chronicling of 18th century European culture, Casanova is a man whose name is now synonymous with the kind of life he led—fast, fearless, and free.