Intrusive narrator

The narrator interrupts the story to comment, judge, give an opinion, or speak directly to the reader.

In The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

a supremely philosophical work, of an uneven philosophy, now austere, soon playful, [...] and yet more than a pastime and less than an apostolate

Brás interrupts the narration to speak of his own book and warn the reader how to read it, commenting on the work as he writes it.

Chapters I to IX: Death, plaster, and delirium, the narrator

Look how good it is to be superior to butterflies!

Chapters XXV to XXXVII: Tijuca, The Black Butterfly, and Eugênia, the narrator

Do not tremble so, pale reader; rest easy, for I shall not mark this page with a drop of blood

Chapters L to LXIII: Virgília Married and the "Let's Flee!", the narrator

the greatest defect of this book is you, reader

Chapters LXIV to LXXVI: The Little House, The Whip, and Dona Plácida, the narrator

I feel like suppressing this chapter. The slope is dangerous. But after all, I am writing my own memoirs, not yours, peaceful reader.

Chapters LXXXVIII to C: Viegas, Quincas Borba, and the Anonymous Letter, the narrator

Death does not grow old

Chapters CXXXVII to CLX: The Cap, the Ministry, and the Denials, the narrator