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    Point of View

    By Machado de Assis

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    "Our disagreement has a natural explanation. I am a single girl, full of complications, dreams, ambitions, and poetry; you are already a woman of the house, a calm and happy wife, soon to be a mother; you see things through a different lens."

    Raquel and her married friend Luísa exchange lively letters in this brief tale that amply illustrates Machado de Assis's knack for creating sympathetic female characters.

    Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuen
    Date of translation: 2012
    Length: 5,000 words
    Genre: short story

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFario
    Release dateSep 12, 2012
    ISBN9781301629954
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    Machado de Assis

    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junho de 1839 Rio de Janeiro, 29 de setembro de 1908) foi um escritor brasileiro, considerado por muitos críticos, estudiosos, escritores e leitores o maior nome da literatura brasileira.

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