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The
Lost Diary
Don Juan
An Account of the True Arts of Passionand the Perilous Adventure of Love
A Novel
Dugas Catn Abams
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BOOKS
New York loNDoN ToroNTo SYDNeY
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Editor’s Note
As an dit at t Unisity Cainia Pss as spn-sib unsicitd manuscipts, I cid many unusua submis-sins, but nting i t n yu a abut t ad. T c ttindicatd tat t manuscipt as bing snt t m bcaus anatic I pubisd in t
Journal of Spanish Literature
. I ad idt sds idnc tat Dn Juan, t amd sduc mn, as an actua istica psn id in sutn Spainin t sixtnt cntuy. My cspndnt caimd tat t ncsdmanuscipt as nting ss tan a tansatin a diay pt by tisy sam Dn Juan and iddn “a dzn gnatins in sccy.”T pacag ad n tun addss.T diay as suppsdy ittn in Si in 1593, duing tSpanis Gdn Ag. king Piip II ud t agst mpi t dad nn, and by d t Cn, Si as t spt tug ic a t si and gd t Amicas pud.Bcaus its gat at and dcadnc, Si as tn cadt Gat Babyn Spain.
Galanteadores
(t Spanis d ga-ants sducs) cmmn at t tim, and ti succss maya bn paty t sut t dptin mn causd by asand cnizatin. Atug t accuacy istica cnsus data isad t judg, it as stimatd tat in sm nigbds,
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A man’s i ds nt diid ny int capts; nit, appa-nty, did Dn Juan’s diay. T tt indicatd tat t tansatad tan t ibty spaating t txt int pats and n inst-ing capt tits tugut. By t dating, it sms tat Dn Juantn t at as bcm sa “capts” in a sing sitting. Imust apgiz t my scay cagus ts cuptins t txt, ic sud nt b tan as igina. N biusy sudt Gssay and Nts sctin, ic I a addd t pid addi-tina guidanc t a gna ad unamiia it t many isti-ca tms and Spanis ds maining in t tansatin.Mst scas a maintaind tat i paps basd n -tas, Dn Juan Tni as nting m tan a ctina caactcatd by t Spanis mn and payigt Tis d Mina. Tisdiay, i autntic, ud substantiat t minity pinin, st p-psd by t nc sca luis viadt in 1835, tat Dn Juan as an actua nb id in t city Si and n mMina may a sy basd is caact. I a ad t diayid by numus xpts cud nd n sign biusgy; , scay cautin as causd m t ait unti nt pubis tis tansatin. My cagus a at ast cnincd mtat a judgmnt abut t diay’s autnticity is bst mad nt bym, but by t ad.
—D.C.A. Jun 2006
Editor’s Note
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