Memoirs of a militia sergeant : a novel / by Manuel Antônio de Almeida ; translated from the Portuguese by Ronald W. Sousa ; with a foreword by Thomas H. Holloway and an afterword by Flora Süssekind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almeida, Manuel Antônio de, author.

Contributor:

Sousa, Ronald W., 1943- translator.

Series:

Library of Latin America.

Oxford scholarship online.

Library of Latin America

Oxford scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Memórias de um sargento de milícias. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Brazil--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Recognized as a turning point in Brazilian literature, this entertaining novel of urban manners follows the ne'er-do-well Leonardo through his various romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. First printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later published in two volumes in 1854-55, Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant comprises a series of humorous vignettes held together by the adventures and misfortunes of this young rogue--who matures from a handful of a toddler into a ruffian of a boy and an idler of a young man--and his father, also named Leonardo.Manuel Antonio De Almeida tells a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Historical Context and Social Topography of Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant; Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant; Contents; Volume: I; I: Origins, Birth, and Baptism; II: Early Misfortunes; III: Farewell to Deviltry; IV: Fortune; V: Vidigal; VI: First Night Away from Home; VII: The Comadre; VIII: The Rare Animal Garden; IX: The Compadre's ""I've Done Pretty Well""; X: Explanations; XI: Progress and Setback; XII: Starting School; XIII: Change in Life; XIV: Further Vengeance and Its Result; XV: Scandal; XVI: The Plan's Success; XVII: Dona Maria

XVIII: LoveXIX: Pentecost Sunday; XX: Fireworks on the Campo; XXI: Complications; XXII: Alliance; XXIII: Declaration; Volume: II; I: The Comadre in Action; II: Intrigue; III: Defeat; IV: The Prayer Master; V: Upset; VI: A Greater Upset; VII: A Cure for Ills; VIII: New Love; IX: Jose Manuel Triumphs; X: The Dependant; XI: Betrayal; XII: Jose Manuel's Complete Triumph; XIII: Escape; XIV: Vidigal Baffled; XV: Spilled Broth; XVI: Jealousy; XVII: Straw Fire; XVIII: Reprisals; XIX: The Grenadier; XX: New Deviltries; XXI: Revelation; XXII: Endeavors; XXIII: Three Women on a Mission

XXIV: Death Is the JudgeXXV: Happy Ending; The Novel and the Crônica

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772523-6

0-19-993891-1

1-280-59413-6

9786613623966

0-19-976167-1

OCLC:

779180390