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Description edit
"Be aware that frankness is the prime virtue of a dead man," writes the narrator of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas. But while he may be dead, he is surely one of the liveliest characters in fiction, a product of one of the most remarkable imaginations in all of literature, Brazil's... read more
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Characters/People edit
- D. Plácida: Add a description of this character.
- Marcela
- D. Eusébia
- Dona Placida
- Virgília
- Brás Cubas
- Lobo Neves
- Sim
- Cotrim
- Damasceno
- Viegas
- Luís Dutra
- Ora
- Xavier
- Sabina
- Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis
- Dona Eusebia
- Bras Cubas
- João
- Luís Dutra
- Gamboa
- Vilaca
- Prudencio
- Eugênia
Quotes edit
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“Só as grandes paixões são capazes de grandes ações.”
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“Não tive filhos não transmiti a nenhuma criatura o legado de nossa miséria.”
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“Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade.”
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“O melhor prólogo é o que contém menos coisas, ou o que as diz de um jeito obscuro e truncado.”
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“O sonho é uma festa do espírito.”
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“Matamos o tempo; o tempo nos enterra.”
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“Marcela amou-me durante quinze meses e onze contos de réis...”
First Sentence edit
That Stendhal should have confessed to have written one of his books for a hundred readers is something that brings on wonder and concern.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Machado de Assis (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Gregory Rabassa (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Portuguese
Publisher: tica (2002)
Country: Brazil
Publication Date: 1881
ISBN: 8508040822
Page Count: 176
Publisher: tica (2002)
Country: Brazil
Publication Date: 1881
ISBN: 8508040822
Page Count: 176
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 869.8'3
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