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...duel with Branicki) seem to have been authentic. Author S. Guy Endore bases his account of Casanova on the Memoirs, then takes the wind out of his hero's sails by pointing out, at the end of each chapter, the biggest whoppers. But Author Endore, a good Casanovist, is a sympathetic interpreter. This is the first of his books. He has translated from the German Franz Blei's Fascinating Women, Hans Heinz Ewers' Alraune (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Knave | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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