The Diplomat

"At forty, he was disabused of his ambitions, but his temper remained the same, and, his conjugal vocation notwithstanding, he still couldn’t find a bride. More than one would have would have accepted him with great pleasure; he was so circumspect he lost them all."

Genre: short story
Length: 4,000 words
Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuen

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The Diplomat

"At forty, he was disabused of his ambitions, but his temper remained the same, and, his conjugal vocation notwithstanding, he still couldn’t find a bride. More than one would have would have accepted him with great pleasure; he was so circumspect he lost them all."

Genre: short story
Length: 4,000 words
Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuen

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The Diplomat

The Diplomat

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
The Diplomat

The Diplomat

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

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Overview

"At forty, he was disabused of his ambitions, but his temper remained the same, and, his conjugal vocation notwithstanding, he still couldn’t find a bride. More than one would have would have accepted him with great pleasure; he was so circumspect he lost them all."

Genre: short story
Length: 4,000 words
Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuen


Product Details

BN ID: 2940045303675
Publisher: Fario
Publication date: 09/23/2013
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 78 KB

About the Author

Brazil's Machado de Assis, the greatest Latin American novelist of the nineteenth century (1839-1908), also excelled in the short story.

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