Through Giacomo Casanova's memoirs, depicting 18th-century Venetian life, customs, medicine, religion, and prevalent hypocrisy during his childhood and adolescence.

Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and--most of all--the omnipresence of hypocrisy.—Yepok