"Casanova is unsurpassed as the recreator of the daily talking interests of 18thcentury Europe. He ranges from slut to patrician, from closet to cabinet, waterfront to palace. He is superior to all other erotic writers because of his pleasure in news, in gossip, in the whole personality of his mistresses."
January 1, 1970
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