The later novels of Machado de Assis—notably Dom Casmurro and Esau and Jacob —are well known in this country, but the earlier novels have never been translated. Here, in The Hand and the Glove (the Brazilian master's second novel), rendered in English for the first time by Albert I. Bagby, Jr., readers will find a younger, gentler Assis, writing a romantic comedy that is yet permeated with the lively wit characteristic of his later works.
The story is a simple one-of love lost and love found. Of love lost by Estêvão, amiable but vacillating, who is bemused by his own romantic posturing, and by Jorge, superficial and calculating. Of love found by Luis Alves, whose self-possession and determination seem destined to carry him far. The love of all three men is the proud and beautiful Guiomar, sure of her own heart but unsure, until faced by rival claims, of where to bestow it—a foreshadowing of Capitú, the intriguing heroine of Dom Casmurro .
"English-speaking readers," says Helen Caldwell in the Foreword, "who are already acquainted with Machado de Assis will welcome this latest addition to the translated novels. True, it is a period piece; but its quaintness is a charm to carry us back to the Rio de Janeiro of the 1850s—to vanished courtly elegance arid attitudes.... Now, we too can know what drew [Assis] back to this early tale, for The Hand and the Glove recreates in English the elegant background, the charming heroine, the comedy, and the light-hearted ebullience of the Portuguese original."

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Assis, Machado de; Bagby, Albert I. Jr.; Bagby, Albert I

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de Assis, Machado; Bagby, Jr., Albert I.

Machado de Assis; Albert I. BagbyJr.

Albert I. Bagby, Jr

Studies in Romance Languages Ser, Lexington, 2014

United States, United States of America

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The later novels of Machado de Assis — notably Dom Casmurro and Esau and Jacob — are well known in this country, but the earlier novels have never been translated. Here, in The Hand and the Glove (the Brazilian master's second novel), rendered in English for the first time by Albert I. Bagby, Jr., readers will find a younger, gentler Assis, writing a romantic comedy that is yet permeated with the lively wit characteristic of his later works.
The story is a simple one-of love lost and love found. Of love lost by Estêvão, amiable but vacillating, who is bemused by his own romantic posturing, and by Jorge, superficial and calculating. Of love found by Luis Alves, whose self-possession and determination seem destined to carry him far. The love of all three men is the proud and beautiful Guiomar, sure of her own heart but unsure, until faced by rival claims, of where to bestow it — a foreshadowing of Capitú, the intriguing heroine of Dom Casmurro .
"English-speaking readers," says Helen Caldwell in the Foreword, "who are already acquainted with Machado de Assis will welcome this latest addition to the translated novels. True, it is a period piece; but its quaintness is a charm to carry us back to the Rio de Janeiro of the 1850s — to vanished courtly elegance arid attitudes.... Now, we too can know what drew [Assis] back to this early tale, for The Hand and the Glove recreates in English the elegant background, the charming heroine, the comedy, and the light-hearted ebullience of the Portuguese original."

Cover 1
Title 4
Copyright 5
Foreword 6
Introduction 8
Bibliography 22
Foreword of 1874 28
Foreword of 1907 29
1. The End of the Letter 30
2. A Robe 36
3. Next to the Fence 43
4. Later Anguis 49
5. Childhood 54
6. The Postscript 59
7. A Rival 64
8. The Blow 69
9. Conspiracy 75
10. The Revelation 81
11. Luis Alves 91
12. The Trip 97
13. Explanations 102
14. Ex' Abrupto 108
15. The Trouble with Go'Betweens 113
16.The Confession 118
17. The Letter 124
18. The Choice 130
Conclusion 137

2025-10-27