Quéda que as Mulheres Têm para os Tolos by Victor Hénaux
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"Quéda que as Mulheres Têm para os Tolos" by Victor Hénaux is a satirical essay published in the late 1850s. This brief work argues that foolish men have greater success winning women's affections due to their natural boldness and superficiality, while intelligent men struggle because of their timidity and introspective nature. The essay became famous in Brazil through Machado de Assis's translation, initially published without attribution and long mistaken for an original
work, influencing themes in his later novels. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hénaux, Victor |
|---|---|
| Translator | Machado de Assis, 1839-1908 |
| Uniform Title | De l'amour des femmes pour les sots. Portuguese |
| Title | Quéda que as Mulheres Têm para os Tolos |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queda_que_as_mulheres_t%C3%AAm_para_os_tolos |
| Credits |
Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues in memoriam of Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Biblioteca Brasiliana.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 51.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French essays -- Translations into Portuguese |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59620 |
| Release Date | May 27, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 261 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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