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Historias Sem Data

By Machado de Assis

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Cover: Primavera (1895), painting by Eliseu Visconti (1866–1944) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1944)

Machado de Assis's 1884 collection, whose title says its stories belong to no particular date. Ironic and sharply observed, they range from a parable about the devil founding his own church to tales of vanity, love and money in Rio.

Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: A Egreja do Diabo
  2. 2: O Lapso
  3. 3: Ultimo Capitulo
  4. 4: Cantiga de Esponsaes
  5. 5: Singular Occurrencia
  6. 6: Galeria Posthuma
  7. 7: Chapéos
  8. 8: Conto Alexandrino
  9. 9: Primas de Sapucaia!
  10. 10: Uma Senhora
  11. 11: Anecdota Pecuniaria
  12. 12: Fulano
  13. 13: A Segunda Vida
  14. 14: Noite de Almirante
  15. 15: Manuscrito de um Sachristão
  16. 16: Ex Cathedra
  17. 17: A Senhora do Galvão
  18. 18: As Academias de Sião