Relíquias de Casa Velha · a short reading
A passage from Relíquias de Casa Velha.
Brazilian · English
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The last time I saw Eduardo Prado was on the eve of leaving Rio de Janeiro to go to São Paulo, they say, with the germ of evil and of death itself. On that occasion he was all life and health. Whoever then told me that he would also leave the world would not astonish me, because the injustice of nature accustoms people to its blows; but it is certain that I would seek a way to obtain other hours like that one, in which I would linger at his side, to hear him and admire him.
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Creator: Machado de Assis
Nationality / cultural background: Brazilian
Work / edition: 1906
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In the source: MARIA CORA; paragraph 539 in the selected body section
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