Some of the most interesting parts of his writings about life in Italy are his descriptions of the antics of this "gentle tigress." Byron's debts, which had escalated to £34,000, were paid off when he sold Newstead Abbey in the fall of 1818 for £94,500, leaving him with a sizable income.
Byron discovered the form for his best poem, Don Juan, a satire in the guise of a picaresque verse story, in the light, mock-heroic writing of Beppo. Don Juan's first two cantos were started in 1818 and released in July of 1819. The renowned libertine Don Juan was converted by Byron into a simple, innocent young man who, despite his joyful surrender to the attractive ladies who woo him, still serves as a reasonable standard by which to measure the oddities and irrationalities of the outside world.
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Early life and background
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