Esau e Jacob by Machado de Assis

"Esau e Jacob" by Machado de Assis is a novel published in 1904. Twin brothers Pedro and Paulo are physically identical but completely opposite in temperament and ideology—one a monarchist studying medicine, the other a republican studying law. Their lifelong rivalry extends from the womb to politics, intensifying when both fall for the same indecisive young woman, Flora. Through this tale of perpetual conflict, Machado crafts a biting political allegory about Brazil's transition to republicanism, exposing how apparent contradictions often mask deeper similarities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Machado de Assis, 1839-1908
Title Esau e Jacob
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esau_and_Jacob_(novel)
Credits Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature
Reading Level Reading ease score: 56.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Portuguese
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 56737
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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