by Machado de Assis · Tapa dura · ISBN 9789726116271
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«Dom Casmurro» is the novel by Machado de Assis, published by Leya in hardcover, with 189 pages, in Portuguese.
Bento Santiago, known as Dom Casmurro, narrates in the first person his childhood, his friendship and love with Capitu, and his time at the seminary. Bento's memories are marked by jealousy and doubt, and paint a portrait of Rio de Janeiro society at the end of the nineteenth century.
«Dom Casmurro» was originally published in 1899; this edition in Portuguese dates from the year 2000.
For readers interested in Brazilian literature and in nineteenth-century classics, especially novels about jealousy and doubt.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life.
