Machado de Assis 1839-1908 creator text utu 2018 monographic pt 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Papeis Avulsos" by Machado de Assis is a short story collection published in 1882. This landmark work showcases the Brazilian master's satirical genius through tales that blur the lines between sanity and madness, wisdom and folly. From a tyrannical psychiatrist who questions who is truly insane, to a father teaching his son the art of hollow respectability, these stories dissect society with sharp wit and irony. Machado challenges scientific absolutism, social pretension, and human vanity through inventive narratives that evoke Swift and Erasmo while pioneering distinctly modern literary techniques. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Advertência -- O alienista -- Teoria do medalhão: diálogo -- A chinela turca -- Na arca: três capítulos inéditos do Gênesis -- D. Benedita: um retrato -- O segredo do Bonzo: capítulo inédito de Fernão Mendes Pinto -- O anel de Polícrates -- O empréstimo -- A sereníssima república [conferência do cônego Vargas] -- O espelho: esboço de uma nova teoria da alma humana -- Uma visita de Alcibíades: carta do desembargador X ... ao chefe de polícia da corte -- Verba testamentária. Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap%C3%A9is_Avulsos Release date is 2018-04-19 Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Bibliotheca Brasiliana Cuita e José Mindlin, Acervo Digital) Original publication data not identified Portuguese fiction -- 19th century Short stories, Portuguese PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57001 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57001 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134320.0 57001