Dom Casmurro
by Machado de Assis · 1899
Difficulty
advanced
Length
medium
Reading Time
7–9 hours
About the Book
Bentinho tells the story of his love for Capitu, but his jealousy and narrative control make every memory unstable.
Why You Should Read It
Read it for one of literature's great unreliable narrators and one of the most debated ambiguities in Brazilian fiction.
Who This Book Is For
For readers who love psychological novels, obsession, ambiguity, and books that become more mysterious after they end.
About the Author
Machado de Assis is the central classic of Brazilian literature: ironic, elegant, psychologically ruthless, and far more modern than a quick glance at the nineteenth century might suggest. His mature fiction breaks narrative expectations, speaks directly to the reader, mocks social vanity, and turns jealousy, ambition, class, slavery, marriage, and self-deception into literature of extraordinary precision.
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