Machado de Assis 1839-1908 is considered one of the greatest if not the greatest Brazilian writers of all time Author of Dom Casmurro Memorias Postumas de Braz Cubas Quincas Borba and dozens of other unforgettable titles Machado was a complete author having written novels short stories poems plays critiques chronicles and correspondence In the genre of short stories Machado published over two hundred stories always with the enormous talent that i...