Dom Casmurro
by Machado de Assis
Portuguese • Public Domain • Free to stream
Machado de Assis's Dom Casmurro (1899) is widely regarded as the masterpiece of Brazilian literature. The ageing Bento Santiago — known as Dom Casmurro — narrates the story of his youth and his passionate love for the dark-eyed Capitu, and the jealousy that ultimately destroyed their marriage. But was Capitu truly unfaithful, or is the narrator lying to himself? One of literature's great unsolved mysteries. Stream free in Portuguese.
About the book: Dom Casmurro
Dom Casmurro is an 1899 novel written by Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. It is written as a fictional memoir by a distrusting, jealous husband. The narrator, however, is not a reliable conveyor of the story as it is a dark comedy.
Its protagonist is Bento Santiago, the narrator of the story which, told in the first person, aims to tie together the two ends of life. Between these two moments, Bento writes about his youthful reminiscences, his life at the seminary, his affair with Capitu and the jealousy that arises from this relationship, which becomes the main plot of the story.
Machado de Assis wrote it using literary devices such as irony and intertextuality, making references to Schopenhauer and Shakespeare's Othello. Over the years, the book has been the subject of numerous studies, adaptations to other media and interpretations throughout the world.
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Dom Casmurro was written by Machado de Assis.
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Dom Casmurro was first published in 1899. It is now in the public domain and free to stream.
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