Casanova doesn't mention dates often, but he was in his mid 30's. He was
born in 1725.
From what I can work out from the Wikipedia entry, I think it was in
the very early 1760's.
It was definitely before he went to England in 1763 which is where
Volume 5 starts.
Pene
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
Very interesting. What year does this event take place in?
Devon
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From: pene piip <p...@eggo.org>
To: Arachne Arachne <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 9:42 am
Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature
Last year DH & I watched the TV Mini-series titled "Casanova" which
stars David Tennant & Peter O'Toole as the lead character.
I was intrigued about his memoirs & found that the Tartu Public
Library had all 6 books as English translations by Arthur Machen.
Since discovering these big books I've been reading them (to DH at
bedtime) & I am reading Volume 4 at present.
In Chapter XVII on page 464, I read this passage:
"Agatha had no dress that was good enough, so I charged Madame Dupré
to provide one at my expense, and I was well served. It is well known
that when this sort of people dip their fingers into other people's
purses they are not sparing, but that was just what I wanted. Agatha
promised to dance all the quadrilles with me, and to return to Turin
with Madame Dupré.
On the day fixed for the ball I stayed to dinner at the Dupré's to be
present at Agatha's toilette. Her dress was a rich and newly-made Lyon
silk, and the trimming was an exquisite Alençon point lace, of which
the girl did20not know the value. Madame R------, who had arranged the
dress, and Madame Dupré, had received instructions to say nothing
about it to her."
I've come across other references to lace in previous volumes but this
was the first time the type of lace was mentioned.
Pene in Tartu, Estonia
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