title: The Duel (Hesperus Classics)
author:  Giacomo Casanova 
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  _THE DUEL_ BY GIACOMO CASANOVA
  
  
  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ITALIAN AS _IL DUELLO_  
  IN _OPUSCOLI MISCELLANEI_ , VENICE, 1780
  
  
  © 2011 MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING  
  TRANSLATION © 2011 BY JAMES MARCUS
  
  
  FIRST MELVILLE HOUSE PRINTING: FEBRUARY 2011
  
  
  MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING  
  145 PLYMOUTH STREET  
  BROOKLYN, NY 11201
  
  
  [WWW.MHPBOOKS.COM](http://WWW.MHPBOOKS.COM)
  
  
  THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE PAPERBACK EDITION  
  AS FOLLOWS:
  
  
  CASANOVA, GIACOMO, 1725-1798.  
  [DUELLO. ENGLISH]  
  THE DUEL, OR, AN INCIDENT FROM THE LIFE OF G.C., A VENETIAN /  
  GIACOMO CASANOVA ; TRANSLATED BY JAMES MARCUS.  
  P. CM.  
  eISBN: 978-1-61219-073-0  
  1\. CASANOVA, GIACOMO, 1725-1798. 2. DUELING–POLAND–WARSAW.  
  3\. WARSAW (POLAND)–SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS. I. MARCUS,  
  JAMES. II. TITLE.  
  D285.8.C313 2011  
  943.8′41–DC23
  
  
  2011021337
  
  
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  # **Contents**
  
  
  
  
  
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