About This Book In this autobiographical tale, a young dandy is forced to flee his hometown after falling afoul of the authorities. But sheltering in the royal court he finds treachery and insult and is eventually positioned into a meaningless confrontation over a woman he cares nothing about. Told with debonair wit and a merciless attitude toward high society, the tale becomes a tense adventure that leads to a surprising outcome. This Is A Melville House “HybridBook” HybridBooks are a union of print and electronic media: Purchasers of this print edition also receive Illuminations —additional curated material that expands the world of Casanova's novella through text and illustrations—at no additional charge.    To obtain the Illuminations for The Duel by Giacomo Casanova , simply scan the QR code (or follow a url) found at the back of the print book; the link leads to a landing page where you can download a file for your preferred electronic reading device. Included are excerpts from work by Havelock Ellis - W.E. Garrett Fisher - Richard von Kraft Ebbing - Arthur Schnitzler - Arthur Symonds - Mark Twain - And the entire version of Casanova's duel as written in his personal memoirs.   Full-color art by Francesco Casanova - Anton Raphael Mengs - Jean-Marc Nattier - Johann Berka - an 1841 map of Weehawken - "An Air Balloon Engagement" by J. Barrow - and portraits of the ten most deadly duelists.   Also included: “Famous Duels, Duelists, and Dueling Grounds ” Praise for "The Art of The Novella" "I wanted them all, even those I'd already read." --Ron Rosenbaum, "The New York Observer" "Small wonders." --"Time Out London" """[F]irst-rate...astutely selected and attractively packaged...indisputably great works." --Adam Begley, "The New York Observer" "I've always been haunted by Bartleby, the proto-slacker. But it's the handsomely minimalist cover of the Melville House edition that gets me here, one of many in the small publisher's fine 'Art of the Novella' series." --"The New Yorker" "The Art of the Novella series is sort of an anti-Kindle. What these singular, distinctive titles celebrate is book-ness. They're slim enough to be portable but showy enough to be conspicuously consumed--tiny little objects that demand to be loved for the commodities they are." --KQED (NPR San Francisco) "Some like it short, and if you're one of them, Melville House, an independent publisher based in Br Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author. Although he is remembered as a famous womanizer, he is also one of the most important writers of the 18th century. James Marcus is the translator of Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror. Used Book in Good Condition