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Quincas Borba : a novel by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson, Joaquim Machado de Assis is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Hailed in his lifetime as one of Latin America’s greatest writers, Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was a storyteller known for his wholly innovative narrative techniques and uncanny talent for unraveling the social and political milieu of nineteenth-century Brazil. These signature traits are on full display in Quincas Borba , a novel that sees Machado satirize a rapidly changing Rio de Janeiro. Originally published in 1891, the story begins with the death of its titular character, a mad philosopher infamous for spouting pessimistic theories of “Humanitism.” Borba leaves his fortune—including his dog, also named Quincas Borba—to Rubião, his loyal caretaker and a schoolteacher by trade. Bestowed with opulence beyond his wildest dreams, Rubião is quickly coaxed into the comforts of a rich man’s life—the only stipulation being that he continues to care for the canine Quincas Borba with the same dedication he once did the human. Adrift in the big, bad, bustling world of late-1860s Rio de Janeiro, it isn’t long before Rubião is targeted

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Author

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

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781324090687

Category

work of fiction

Updated

2026-03-24