Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Corti%C3%A7o Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Corti%C3%A7o

Release date is 2022-10-20

Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)

"O Cortiço" by Aluísio Azevedo is a naturalist novel published in 1890. Set in a Rio de Janeiro tenement at the end of the nineteenth century, the work exposes exploitation and harsh living conditions under unchecked capitalism. The story follows Portuguese merchant João Romão's ruthless climb up the social ladder while chronicling the struggles of the tenement's diverse inhabitants. Their intertwined fates reveal how environment and instinct shape human behavior, as characters abandon families, pursue forbidden passions, and fight for survival in a world governed by the strongest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Originally published: Brazil: H. Garnier, 1897