Machado de Assis
Born
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 21, 1839
Died
September 29, 1908
Genre
Influences
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Dom Casmurro
675 editions
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published
1899
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Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
782 editions
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published
1881
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O Alienista
294 editions
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published
1881
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Quincas Borba
by
316 editions
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published
1891
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Helena
163 editions
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published
1876
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Esau and Jacob
by
171 editions
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published
1904
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A Mão e a Luva
57 editions
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published
1874
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A Cartomante e Outros Contos
by
8 editions
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published
1884
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Memorial de Aires
158 editions
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published
1908
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Papéis Avulsos
by
63 editions
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published
1882
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Polls
July 2017 Old School Classic Poll
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 1601, 220 pages
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 1826, 410 pages
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain 1881, 240 pages
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages
Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853, 432 pages
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 1790, 319 pages
Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan 1678, 324 pages
Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis 1880, 236 pages
Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac 1846, 468 pages
Egil's Saga by Anonymous 1240, 243 pages
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