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Dom Casmurro

Name: Dom Casmurro
Author: Machado de Assis

Machado de Assis,

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Dom Casmurro

Machado de Assis,

About this book

Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis is one of the greatest masterpieces of Brazilian literature — a timeless psychological novel that explores love, jealousy, memory, and the unreliability of human perception. Written in 1899, this introspective and ironic narrative delves into the mind of Bento Santiago, a man who recounts his youth and his lifelong obsession with his childhood friend and later wife, Capitu. The novel is framed as an act of remembrance and justification. Now an aging recluse nicknamed Dom Casmurro, Bento writes from his home, trying to "tie the two ends of life together" by reconstructing his past. Through his elegant yet deceptive narration, he invites readers to question what truly happened between him and Capitu — a woman he adored and yet suspected of betrayal. Capitu, one of the most enigmatic and fascinating female characters in world literature, is depicted through Bento's jealous eyes as cunning, magnetic, and perhaps unfaithful. But is she guilty, or merely the victim of a paranoid husband? Machado de Assis turns this seemingly simple story of love and jealousy into a profound psychological study. His mastery of irony, subtle humor, and unreliable narration places Dom Casmurro alongside the works of Dostoevsky, Flaubert, and Henry James. The reader becomes a silent judge in a case where the truth is forever ambiguous. Every chapter reveals as much about Bento's character as it conceals about Capitu's intentions. Beyond its intimate drama, Dom Casmurro paints a vivid portrait of 19th-century Rio de Janeiro's social life — its traditions, hypocrisies, and class tensions. It is also a reflection on time, memory, and the act of storytelling itself. Machado's prose is graceful, ironic, and modern, foreshadowing the techniques of 20th-century literature such as stream of consciousness and metafiction. This new English edition presents Dom Casmurro in a clean, accessible format designed for both first-time readers and literary enthusiasts. It belongs to the Yekri Classics Collection, a series dedicated to preserving world literature's essential works in elegant minimalist editions. Whether you are exploring Brazilian fiction for the first time or revisiting a cornerstone of Latin American literature, Dom Casmurro will captivate you with its emotional depth and intellectual brilliance. Its central mystery — did Capitu betray Bento, or did Bento destroy their love through his own jealousy? — remains one of literature's most haunting questions.

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