The posthumous memoirs of Brás Cubas / by Machado de Assis ; translated with an introduction and notes by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machado de Assis, 1839-1908, author.

Contributor:

Thomson-DeVeaux, Flora, translator.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Autobiography--Fiction.

Autobiography.

Ghost stories.

Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xliv, 324 pages.)

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]

Contents:

To the Reader

I. The Demise of the Author

II. The Plaster

III. Geneaology

IV. The Fixed Idea

V. In Which A Lady Betrays Herself

VI. Chimene, Qui L'eut Dit? Rodrique, Qui L'eut Cru?

VII. The Delirium

VIII. Reason Versus Folly

IX. Transition

X. On That Day

XI. The Child is Father of the Man

XII. An Episode From 1814

XIII. A Leap

XIV. The First Kiss

XV. Marcela

XVI. An Immoral Reflection

XVII. Concerning the Trapeze and Other Matters

XVIII. A Vision in the Hallway

XIX. On Board

XX. Take a Degree

XXI. The Muleteer

XXII. Return to Rio

XXIII. Sad but Short

XXIV. Short but Happy

XXV. In Tijuca

XXVI. The Author Hesitates

XXVII. Virgília?

XXVIII. Provided That...

XXIX. The Visit

XXX. The Flower of the Thicket

XXXI. The Black Butterfly

XXXII. Born Lame

XXXIII. Blessed Are They That Go Not Down

XXXIV. To a Sensitive Soul

XXXV. The Road to Damascus

XXXVI. On the Subject of Boots

XXXVII. At Last!

XXXVIII. The Fourth Edition

XXXIX. The Neighbor

XL. In the Coach

XLI. The Hallucination

XLII. Which Escaped Aristotle

XLIII. A Marchioness, For I'll Be a Marquis

XLIV. A Cubas!

XLV. Notes

XLVI. The Inheritance

XLVII. The Recluse

XLVIII. A Cousin of Virgília's

XLIX. The Tip of the Nose

L. Virgília, Married

LI. Mine!

LII. The Mysterious Parcel

LIII. ...............

LIV. The Pendulum Clock

LV. The Age-Old Dialogue of Adam and Eve

LVI. The Opportune Moment

LVII. Fate

LVIII. Trust

LIX. An Encounter

LX. The Embrace

LXI. A Plan

LXII. The Pillow

LXIII. Let's Run Away!

LXIV. The Transaction

LXV. Eyes And Ears

LXVI. Legs

LXVII. The Little House

LXVIII. The Whip

LXIX. A Dash of Lunacy

LXX. Dona Plácida

LXXI. The Flaw in the Book

LXXII. The Bibliomaniac

LXXIII. Refreshments

LXXIV. The Story of Dona Plácida

LXXV. To Myself

LXXVI. Manure

LXXVII. Rendezvous

LXXVIII. The Presidency

LXXIX. Compromise

LXXX. As a Secretary

LXXXI. Reconciliation

LXXXII. A Matter of Botany

LXXXIII. 13

LXXXIV. The Conflict

LXXXV. The Mountaintop

LXXXVI. The Mystery

LXXXVII. Geology

LXXXVIII. The Invalid

LXXXIX. In Extremis

XC. The Age-Old Colloquy of Adam and Cain

XCI. An Extraordinary Letter

XCII. An Extraordinary Man

XCIII. The Supper

XCIV. The Secret Cause

XCV. The Flowers of Yesteryear

XCVI. The Anonymous Letter

XCVII. Between Lips and Forehead

XCVIII. Taken Out

XCIX. In the Orchestra Seats

C. Probably the Case

CI. The Dalmation Revolution

CII. A Respite

CIII. Distraction

CIV. It Was He!

CV. Equivalence of Windows

CVI. A Dangerous Game

CVII. Note

CVIII. Which Is Not Understood

CIX. The Philosopher

CX. 31

CXI. The Wall

CXII. Public Opinion

CXIII. Solder

CXIV. End of a Dialogue

CXV. The Lunch

CXVI. Philosophy of Old Papers

CXVII. Humanitism

CXVIII. The Third Force

CXIX. Parenthesis

CXX. Compelle Intrare

CXXI. Downhill

CXXII. A Very Fine Intention

CXXIII. The Real Cotrim

CXXIV. An Interlude

CXXV. Epitaph

CXXVI. Disconsolation

CXXVII. Formality

CXXVIII. In the Chamber

CXXIX. No Remorse

CXXX. To Be Inserted Into Chapter CXXIX

CXXXI. On Slander

CXXXII. Not to Be Taken Seriously

CXXXIII. Helvétius's Principle

CXXXIV. Fifty Years

CXXXV. Oblivion

CXXXVI. Uselessness

CXXXVII. The Shako

CXXXVIII. To a Critic

CXXXIX. Of How I Did Not Become a Minister of State

CXL. Which Explains the Previous

CXLI. The Dogs

CXLII. The Secret Request

CXLIII. I Won't Go

CXLIV. Relative Utility

CXLV. Simply Repeating

CXLVI. The Prospectus

CXLVII. Foolishness

CXLVIII. The Insoluble Problem

CXLIX. Theory of Benefits

CL. Rotation and Translation

CLI. Philosophy of Epitaphs

CLII. Vespasian's Coin

CLIII. The Alienist

CLIV. The Ships of Piraeus

CLV. A Warmhearted Thought

CLVI. The Pride of Servility

CLVII. Brilliant Phase

CLVIII. Two Encounters

CLIX. Semidementia

CLX. On Negatives.

Notes:

Translated from the Portuguese.

Includes bibliographical references.

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9780525506683 (electronic bk.)

0525506683 (electronic bk.)

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99993258145

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