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Vida e Morte de M. J. Gonzaga de Sá

By Lima Barreto

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Cover: Pão de Açúcar (1901), painting by Eliseu Visconti (1866–1944) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1944)

A young clerk, Augusto Machado, tells of his friendship with an older civil servant, Gonzaga de Sá, a wise and ironical man who walks him through the old streets of Rio de Janeiro and its history. Lima Barreto's novel of 1919 is a gentle, melancholy portrait of the city and of the clerkly life. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: I O inventor e a aeronave
  2. 2: Capítulo 2
  3. 3: III Emblemas publicos
  4. 4: IV Petropolis
  5. 5: V O Passeiador
  6. 6: VI O Barão, as Costureiras e outras cousas
  7. 7: VII Pleno contacto
  8. 8: VIII O Jantar
  9. 9: IX O Padrinho
  10. 10: X O enterro
  11. 11: XI Era feriado nacional
  12. 12: XII Ultimos encontros