Quincas Borba
Summary & Analysis
Pick one section: in each one, you get a summary of what happens, followed by the passages with analysis.
- Chapters I to XIIHumanitas and the Philosopher's Death
- Chapters XIII to XXVIIIThe Inheritance and Rubião's Temptation
- Chapters XXIX to XLStrawberries, Moonlight, and Rubião's Declaration
- Chapters XLI to XLIXThe night after the garden
- Chapters L to LVIIPalha, Sofia, and Camacho's Entrance
- Chapters LVIII to LXVIIThe Atalaia, the Rescue, and Maria Benedita
- Chapters LXVIII to LXXVIBall, society, and the declaration
- Chapters LXXVII to LXXXIXDreamed-of marriage and Praia Formosa
- Chapters XC to CIIThe Suspicion and Rubião's Candidacy
- Chapters CIII to CXIIIThe Returned Letter and the Ten Contos
- Chapters CXIV to CXVIIIMaria Benedita's engagement
- Chapters CXIX to CXXXIIMarriage, Rupture, and the Offended Major
- Chapters CXXXIII to CXLVIIDinner guests, Tijuca, and the imperial beard
- Chapters CXLVIII to CLIXThe Delirium in Sofia's Coupé
- Chapters CLX to CLXXISofia recoils, Rubião raves
- Chapters CLXXII to CLXXXITeófilo, the Ministry, and Abandonment
- Chapters CLXXXII to CCIMadness, Abandonment, and the Death of Rubião