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The collected stories of Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson

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short stories

The collected stories of Machado de Assis

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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson

"The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis brings together, for the first time in English, all of the stories contained in the seven collections published in his lifetime, from 1870 to 1906." -- From page 3 of cover

Miss Dollar -- Luis Soares -- The woman in black -- Augusta's secret -- Confessions of a young widow -- Straight line, curved line -- Brother Simão -- The blue flower -- Luis Duarte's wedding -- Ernesto What's-his-name -- Much heat, little light -- The gold watch -- Point of view -- The alienist -- How to be a bigwig -- The Turkish slipper -- In the ark -- Dona Benedita -- The bonze's secret -- Polycrates's ring -- The loan -- The most serene republic -- The mirror -- A visit from Alcibiades -- Testamentary disposition -- The devil's church -- The lapse -- Final chapter -- Nuptial song -- A strange thing -- Posthumous picture gallery -- The chapter on hats -- An Alexandrian tale -- Cousins from Sapucaia! -- A lady -- Pecuniary anecdote -- Fulano -- Second life -- Admiral's night -- A sacristan's manuscript -- Ex cathedra -- Galvão's wife -- The academies of Siam -- The fortune-teller -- Among saints -- Her arms -- Fame -- The object of desire -- The secret cause -- Trio in A minor -- Adam and Eve -- The gentleman's companion -- Mr. Diplomat -- Mariana -- A school tale -- An apologue -- Dona Paula -- Life! -- The canon, or the metaphysics of style -- The cane -- The dictionary -- A wanderer -- Eternal -- Midnight mass -- Canary thoughts -- Xerxes's tears -- Old letters -- Father against mother -- Maria Cora -- Funeral march -- A captain of volunteers -- Into the mire! -- The holiday -- Evolution -- Pylades and Orestes -- The tale of the cabriolet