"By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel."

The long life of Giacomo Casanova seems to be a constantly moving roller-coaster. He dips into valleys of poverty and prison sentences before shooting upwards to a life among the rich and royal, and, of course, he beds a couple of women at every turn. This time around, Casanova is on the run again, having lost all his money. While visiting the monastery of Einsiedeln in Switzerland, he begins to seriously consider putting his wild days behind him and become a monk. But then temptation walks by...

LUST Classics is a collection of erotic literary classics. Although some of their content can appear controversial, these titles have been selected due to their historical importance within the field of erotic literature.