O Azevedo, Aluísio 1857-1913 creator text utu 2022 monographic pt 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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.) Originally published: Brazil: H. Garnier, 1897 Historical fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Slums -- Fiction Landlords -- Fiction Brazil -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Immigrants -- Brazil -- Fiction PQ Brazil: H. Garnier, 1897 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9906721 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69187 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9906721 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69187 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134612.0 69187