Machado de Assis 1839-1908 creator Delpech, Adrien 1867-1942 text utu 2019 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Mémoires Posthumes de Braz Cubas" by Machado de Assis is a novel published in 1880. A dead man narrates his own life story from beyond the grave, beginning with his funeral and working backward through his privileged existence in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro. Through caustic wit and philosophical satire, he recounts romantic failures, adulterous affairs, political ambitions, and his obsessive quest for glory—all told with ironic detachment that breaks from traditional narrative conventions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Posthumous_Memoirs_of_Br%C3%A1s_Cubas Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9moires_posthumes_de_Br%C3%A1s_Cubas Release date is 2019-12-04 Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.) Original publication data not identified Humorous stories Rich people -- Fiction Dead -- Fiction Brazil -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60847 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60847 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134413.0 60847