The collected stories of Machado de Assis. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Short stories.
• Further Information: Note: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson.
• Authors: Machado de Assis, 1839-1908
• Other Names: Costa, Margaret Jull translator.; Patterson, Robin translator.
• Contents: Miss Dollar -- Luis Soares -- The woman in black -- Augusta's secret -- Confessions of a young widow -- Straight line, curved line -- Brother Simao -- The blue flower -- Luis Duarte's wedding -- Ernesto What's-his-name -- Much heat, little light -- The gold watch -- Point of view -- The alienist -- How to be a bigwig -- The Turkish slipper -- In the ark -- Dona Benedita -- The bonze's secret -- Polycrates's ring -- The loan -- The most serene republic -- The mirror -- A visit from Alcibiades -- Testamentary disposition -- The devil's church -- The lapse -- Final chapter -- Nuptial song -- A strange thing -- Posthumous picture gallery -- The chapter on hats -- An Alexandrian tale -- Cousins from Sapucaia! -- A lady -- Pecuniary anecdote -- Fulano -- Second life -- Admiral's night -- A sacristan's manuscript -- Ex cathedra -- Galvao's wife -- The academies of Siam -- The fortune-teller -- Among saints -- Her arms -- Fame -- The object of desire -- The secret cause -- Trio in A minor -- Adam and Eve -- The gentleman's companion -- Mr. Diplomat -- Mariana -- A school tale -- An apologue -- Dona Paula -- Life! -- The canon, or the metaphysics of style -- The cane -- The dictionary -- A wanderer -- Eternal -- Midnight mass -- Canary thoughts -- Xerxes's tears -- Old letters -- Father against mother -- Maria Cora -- Funeral march -- A captain of volunteers -- Into the mire! -- The holiday -- Evolution -- Pylades and Orestes -- The tale of the cabriolet.
• Publisher Details: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 930 pages)
• Subjects: 869.3/3; Short stories, Italian -- Translations into English; Short stories, Italian; Electronic books; Translations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780871404978; 0871404974
• Related ISBNs: 9780871404961; 0871404966
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.