Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis · 1881
162 chapters · 61,000 words
Dedication
To the Reader
I. Obituary of the Author
II. The Plaster
III. Genealogy
IV. The Fixed Idea
V. In Which a Lady's Ear Appears
VI. Chimène, qui l'eut dit? Rodrigue, qui l'eut cru?
VII. The Delirium
VIII. Reason Against Folly
IX. Transition
X. On That Day...
XI. The Child Is Father of the Man
XII. An Episode of 1814
XIII. A Leap
XIV. The First Kiss
XV. Marcella
XVI. An Immoral Reflection
XVII. Of the Trapeze and Other Things
XVIII. Vision in the Corridor
XIX. On Board
XX. I Graduate
XXI. The Muleteer
XXII. Return to Rio
XXIII. Sad, but Brief
XXIV. Brief, but Joyful
XXV. In Tijuca
XXVI. The Author Hesitates
XXVII. Virgília?
XXVIII. Provided That...
XXIX. The Visit
XXX. The Flower in the Thicket
XXXI. The Black Butterfly
XXXII. Lame from Birth
XXXIII. Blessed Are They Who Do Not Descend
XXXIV. To a Sensitive Soul
XXXV. The Road to Damascus
XXXVI. Concerning Boots
XXXVII. At Last
XXXVIII. The Fourth Edition
XXXIX. The Neighbour
XL. In the Carriage
XLI. The Hallucination
XLII. Which Escaped Aristotle
XLIII. Marquise, for I Shall Be a Marquis
XLIV. A Cubas!
XLV. Notes
XLVI. The Inheritance
XLVII. The Recluse
XLVIII. A Cousin of Virgília's
XLIX. The Tip of the Nose
L. Virgília Married
LI. She Is Mine!
LII. The Mysterious Bundle
LIII. ..........
LIV. The Pendulum
LV. The Old Dialogue of Adam and Eve
LVI. The Opportune Moment
LVII. Destiny
LVIII. Confidence
LIX. An Encounter
LX. The Embrace
LXI. A Project
LXII. The Pillow
LXIII. Let Us Flee!
LXIV. The Transaction
LXV. Watchers and Listeners
LXVI. The Legs
LXVII. The Little House
LXVIII. The Whip
LXIX. A Grain of Folly
LXX. Dona Plácida
LXXI. The Defect of the Book
LXXII. The Bibliomaniac
LXXIII. The Lunch
LXXIV. History of Dona Plácida
LXXV. With Myself
LXXVI. The Dung
LXXVII. The Interview
LXXVIII. The Presidency
LXXIX. A Cat's Promise
LXXX. Concerning the Secretary
LXXXI. The Reconciliation
LXXXII. A Question of Botany
LXXXIII. 13
LXXXIV. The Conflict
LXXXV. The Mountain Top
LXXXVI. The Mystery
LXXXVII. Geology
LXXXVIII. The Invalid
LXXXIX. In Extremis
XC. The Old Colloquy of Adam and Cain
XCI. An Extraordinary Letter
XCII. An Extraordinary Man
XCIII. The Dinner
XCIV. The Secret Cause
XCV. Flowers of Yesteryear
XCVI. The Anonymous Letter
XCVII. Between Mouth and Forehead
XCVIII. Suppressed
XCIX. In the Stalls
C. The Probable Case
CI. The Dalmatian Revolution
CII. At Rest
CIII. Distraction
CIV. It Was He!
CV. The Equivalence of Windows
CVI. A Dangerous Game
CVII. The Note
CVIII. What Cannot Be Understood
CIX. The Philosopher
CX. 31
CXI. The Wall
CXII. The Opinion
CXIII. The Solder
CXIV. End of a Dialogue
CXV. The Lunch
CXVI. Philosophy of Old Leaves
CXVII. Humanitism
CXVIII. The Third Force
CXIX. Parenthesis
CXX. Compelle Intrare
CXXI. Downhill
CXXII. A Very Fine Intention
CXXIII. The True Cotrim
CXXIV. An Intermission
CXXV. Epitaph
CXXVI. Disconsolation
CXXVII. Formality
CXXVIII. In the Chamber
CXXIX. Without Remorse
CXXX. To Be Inserted in Chapter CXXIX
CXXXI. Of a Slander
CXXXII. Which Is Not Serious
CXXXIII. The Principle of Helvetius
CXXXIV. Fifty Years
CXXXV. Oblivion
CXXXVI. Uselessness
CXXXVII. The Shako
CXXXVIII. To a Critic
CXXXIX. Of How I Did Not Become a Minister of State
CXL. Which Explains the Preceding
CXLI. The Dogs
CXLII. The Secret Request
CXLIII. I Do Not Go
CXLIV. Relative Usefulness
CXLV. Simple Repetition
CXLVI. The Programme
CXLVII. The Folly
CXLVIII. The Insoluble Problem
CXLIX. Theory of the Benefit
CL. Rotation and Translation
CLI. Philosophy of Epitaphs
CLII. The Coin of Vespasian
CLIII. The Alienist
CLIV. The Ships of Piraeus
CLV. A Cordial Reflection
CLVI. Pride Has Its Servility
CLVII. A Brilliant Phase
CLVIII. Two Encounters
CLIX. Semi-Madness
CLX. Of the Negatives