Chapter 9: Lead Astray-Creating Pleasure and Confusion/Keep Them in Suspense Summary and Analysis

Robert Greene may leave the readers both exhilarated and frightened when he relays to them one rare case of how Casanova seduced. What makes the tale so frightening is the way he was so readily diverted from one woman by another. A father makes a move to protect his daughter from Casanova, by sending her away to a convent. Casanova, however fickle his desires once sated, determines to keep after her and to not be thwarted by the father, once he knows that is why she was sent away. Casanova chases after his love until he receives a letter from a mystery woman.

Game playing enters the picture and one quickly learns from the incredible Mathilde, whom it grows clearer is not so...