Abstract:This article describes the distinctive features of the manuscript of Casanova’s Memoirs in the series Pléiade, provides a chronology of the writing process and justifies the choices made by the editors. It allows us to see Casanova at work. It gives us a better understanding of the relationship between the act of writing and the construction of various images of the self. The article is followed by a short text, examining the issue of the footnotes, which constitutes one of the specificities of this edition.
