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Like other great nineteenth century novels–The Scarlet Letter, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary–Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado’s novel and what makes it such a delightful discovery for English-speaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style.
| Autor | Autor | Editora | Edição | Ano | Páginas | Idioma | ISBN-10 | ISBN-13 | Condição |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis | Oxford University Press | 1998 | 257 | Inglês | 0195103092 | 9780195103090 | Usado |
Dom Casmurro Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis / Em Inglês A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in its branches that there was nothing wrong with fifteen-year old boys getting into corners with girls of fourteen; quite the contrary, youths of that age have no other function, and corners were made for that very purpose. It was an old palm-tree, and I believed in old palm-trees even more than in old books. Birds, butterflies, a cricket trying out its summer song, all the living things of the air were of the same opinion.” So begins this extraordinary love story between Bento and Capitu, childhood sweethearts who grow up next door to each other in Rio de Janeiro in the 1850s. Em
Ótimo estado 258 pp – Raros Ml*
