<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833771018408012931</id><updated>2024-11-01T03:37:47.155-07:00</updated><category term="Casanova"/><category term="french"/><category term="writing"/><title type='text'>Drunk Writer</title><subtitle type='html'>I&#39;m a freelance writer and amateur actor living in London, and this blog draws together pieces of writing I publish under several pseudonyms.&#xa;&#xa;I have written short stories, Doctor Who fan fiction for charity anthologies, translations, a radio play, and articles on a variety of subjects.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drunkwriter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6833771018408012931/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drunkwriter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13378227105791838012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833771018408012931.post-6632502598016269709</id><published>2014-01-07T01:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-07T01:51:24.346-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Casanova"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="french"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writing"/><title type='text'>Casanova - The Story of my Escape</title><summary type="text">A few years ago now I translated Casanova&#39;s account of his own escape from the Leads prison in Venice in 1756. In the 18th Century, the book was a huge hit throughout Europe, but was never published in English (Later, I gather that Arthur Machen translated the work, but this does not seem to have been widely available).

Clocking in at around 60,000 words, the book is a blend of action, suspense </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drunkwriter.blogspot.com/feeds/6632502598016269709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drunkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/01/casanova-story-of-my-escape.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6833771018408012931/posts/default/6632502598016269709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6833771018408012931/posts/default/6632502598016269709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drunkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/01/casanova-story-of-my-escape.html' title='Casanova - The Story of my Escape'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13378227105791838012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>