After the death of his illegitimate child by Virgilia, the title character is shocked by a new watch that he receives in the mail from his old schoolmate Quincas Borba.
The protagonist of this work imagines inventing an anti-hypochondriacal poultice so that his name can be printed on medicine boxes, and later he regrets killing a black butterfly with a towel. While going to have his watch repaired, the protagonist meets his former lover Marcella. After establishing a trust fund for his lover's maid, the main character loses his chance at a political career when his fianc? marries Lobo Neves instead. After the death of his illegitimate child by Virgilia, the title character is shocked by a new watch that he receives in the mail from his old schoolmate Quincas Borba. Dedicated to "the first worm that gnawed on the cold flesh of my corpse," for 10 points, name this novel by Joachim Maria Machado de Assis.
The protagonist of this work imagines inventing an anti-hypochondriacal poultice so that his name can be printed on medicine boxes, and later he regrets killing a black butterfly with a towel.
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas [or Epitaph of a Small Winner; or The Posthumous Memories of Br? Cubas; or Mem?ias p?tumas de Bras Cubas]