Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas by Machado de Assis
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"Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas" by Machado de Assis is a novel published in 1881. Narrated by a dead man from beyond the grave, this darkly comic autobiography traces the life of Brás Cubas, a privileged Brazilian born into Rio de Janeiro's elite. Through cynical wit and non-linear storytelling, the "defunto-autor" recounts his selfish childhood, failed loves, adulterous affair with Virgília, and futile pursuits of glory. This groundbreaking work launched Brazilian Realism
while satirizing slavery, social class, and nineteenth-century society with unprecedented irony and pessimism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Machado de Assis, 1839-1908 |
|---|---|
| Title | Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Posthumous_Memoirs_of_Br%C3%A1s_Cubas Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mem%C3%B3rias_P%C3%B3stumas_de_Br%C3%A1s_Cubas |
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Produced by Laura Natal Rodriguez & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version, also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Rich people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dead -- Fiction |
| Subject | Brazil -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 54829 |
| Release Date | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1488 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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