Machado de Assis

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Books by Machado de Assis

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on The Praise of Folly: “Erasmus, who wrote some good things in his In Praise of Folly, called attention to the complacency...”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on Summa Theologica: “Right after that I felt myself transformed into Aquinas' Summa Theologica, printed in one volume and morocco-bound...”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on A Thousand and One Nights: “Poor lover from The Arabian Nights!”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on The Lusiads: “some prefer to recite a stanza from the Lusiads, others adopt the recourse of whistling Norma.”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on Othello: “A blessed custom that gave us Othello and transatlantic packets.”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on Hamlet: “That was how I set out for Hamlet's undiscovered country without the anxieties or doubts of the young prince.”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on Le Cid: “VI Chimène, Qui L'eût Dit? Rodrigue, Qui L'eût Cru? (chapter title adapting Corneille's Le Cid)”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on Candide: “Pangloss, he said to me as he closed the book, wasn't as dotty as Voltaire painted him.”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on The Aeneid: “it was the virumque that made me get to the name of the poet himself; 'I put three lines from Virgil in my pocket.'”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas on Macbeth: “I didn't want to be either Achilles or Lady Macbeth.”