Quincas Borba by Machado de Assis
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"Quincas Borba" by Machado de Assis is a novel serialized between 1886 and 1891, then published in book form in 1892. The story follows Rubião, a naive provincial man who inherits a fortune from philosopher Quincas Borba and becomes entangled with an ambitious couple in Rio de Janeiro. As Rubião falls hopelessly in love with the manipulative Sofia, he gradually loses both his wealth and his sanity, embodying the harsh principles of
"Humanism"—a fictional philosophy where survival means defeating others. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Machado de Assis, 1839-1908 |
|---|---|
| Title | Quincas Borba |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincas_Borba Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincas_Borba |
| Credits |
Produced by Laura Natal Rodriguez & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version,also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Brazil -- History -- Empire, 1822-1889 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 55682 |
| Release Date | Oct 5, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 692 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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