The Red and the Black
Stendhal
the thesis of the work, and Julien's career between the cassock and the uniform, in chapters 16 to 30 of Book I and chapters 31 to 45 of Book II.
Quincas Borba
Machado de Assis
the Atalaia (chapter LXI), the candidacy for deputy (chapter C), the amendment to the article (chapter CXI), and Teófilo's crisis with the Ministry (chapter CLXXV, chapter CLXXVII).
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
Machado de Assis
the plaster (chapter II), the candidacy (chapter XXVIII), the marquise promised by Lobo Neves (chapter XLIII), the minister in a chaise (chapter LIX), the wish to be a minister (chapter CXXIX), and the newspaper (chapter CXLVII).
The Slum
Aluísio Azevedo
the desperate urge to accumulate of João Romão (chapter I), the title Miranda dreams of (chapter II) and receives (chapter X), the shopkeeper's transformation (chapter XIII), the taller townhouse (chapter XIX) and the viscount he wants to be before his neighbor (chapter XXI).
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Malcolm's naming and the plea to the stars in scene 4 of Act I, the couple's decision in scene 7 of Act I, and the ambition that consumes its own source of life in scene 4 of Act II.