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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro and, as well as his seven short-story collections, wrote such groundbreaking novels as Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, Dom Casmurro, Quincas Borba and The Alienist.

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro and, as well as his seven short-story collections, wrote such groundbreaking novels as Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, Dom Casmurro, Quincas Borba and The Alienist.

Books by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

  • Quincas Borba: A Novel

    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson

    E Book

    A vibrant new translation of Machado de Assis's classic novel about a young man flush with newfound wealth, who promptly gets swindled
  • Dom Casmurro: A Novel

    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson

    Paperback, 2024

    A masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur
  • Quincas Borba: A Novel

    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson

    Paperback, 2025

    A satirical tale of a young man flush with newfound wealth who promptly gets swindled, Quincas Borba is an inspired critique of nineteenth-century Brazil