Its main character's mother, Dona Gloria, promised God before his birth that he would become a priest, although he eventually procures a substitute and leaves his seminary.
In one scene in this novel, its protagonist tells a woman he would choose her over devotion to his mother, causing her to write the word "liar" in the dirt with a stick. Its protagonist receives letters that all end "The Russians will never enter Constantinople" from the leper Manduca, with whom he debates the Crimean War. Its main character's mother, Dona Gloria, promised God before his birth that he would become a priest, although he eventually procures a substitute and leaves his seminary. This novel's title character lives with his family friend Jose Dias on the Rua de Matacavalos, and becomes convinced that his son Ezequiel resembles his deceased friend Escobar. First published in 1899, it is narrated by the unreliable Bento, whose jealousy convinces him of the adultery of his wife Capitu. For 10 points, name this novel by Joaquim Machado de Assis, whose title roughly translates as "Lord Taciturn."
In one scene in this novel, its protagonist tells a woman he would choose her over devotion to his mother, causing her to write the word "liar" in the dirt with a stick.
Dom Casmurro [or Lord Taciturn before mentioned]