Dom Casmurro : a novel
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New York, New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2023].
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First edition.
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xi, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
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Published
New York, New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2023].
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Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Bento Santiago, our charismatic yet exceedingly unreliable narrator, nicknamed by his enemies Dom Casmurro, has become a bit of a recluse in old age. He spends his days reading and mourning the past in a house built as a replica of his childhood home. One day, musing over the painted busts of Nero, Augustus, Masinissa, and Caesar, he is inspired to write his own story, a tale of equally epic proportions. Or so, at least, he thinks. “Yes, let us begin by evoking a famous November afternoon, one I will never forget,” he writes, recalling the day he fell in love with his childhood sweetheart, Capitu. Thus he transports readers back to his youth in a once fashionable neighborhood, when he and Capitu were neighbors playing innocently in the backyard. But after overcoming many obstacles, Bento’s happy-ever-after ending proves short-lived when he is consumed by paranoia and jealousy. At once oblivious and obsessive, Bento becomes a strangely engaging antihero as he mines the repercussions of his suspicions against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Rio de Janeiro.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Machado de Assis., Costa, M. J., & Patterson, R. (2023). Dom Casmurro: a novel (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Machado de Assis, 1839-1908, Margaret Jull, Costa and Robin, Patterson. 2023. Dom Casmurro: A Novel. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Machado de Assis, 1839-1908, Margaret Jull, Costa and Robin, Patterson. Dom Casmurro: A Novel Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, and Robin Patterson. Dom Casmurro: A Novel First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2023.
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