The protagonist's earliest memory is that of receiving a small sword commemorating the defeat of Napoleon.
The protagonist's earliest memory is that of receiving a small sword commemorating the defeat of Napoleon. Told in 160 short chapters it features the shady Quincas Borba who is reduced to begging and talks of his "philosophy of misery" before stealing the main character's watch. (*) He later amasses a large fortune and assumes the Panglossian philosophy of "humanitism." The greedy Marcella, who pretends to be poor but is actually a goldsmith, is the main character's first mistress. His second mistress, Virgilia, is married to Lobo Neves, but returns to Rio de Janeiro to visit the main character on his deathbed which is where the story begins, FTP, name this novel which follows the life of its already dead, main character Braz Cubas, a novel of Joaquim Machado de Assis.
The protagonist's earliest memory is that of receiving a small sword commemorating the defeat of Napoleon.
{Epitaph of a Small Winner} ({Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas} or The {Posthumous Memories of Bras Cubas})