A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.15 · 6.15

That would be dreadfully dull

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isso seria horrivelmente monotono e prosaico.

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'that would be horribly monotonous and prosaic.'

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The worldview in one line: to Leôncio, fidelity is tedium and lasting love is bad taste. He casts himself as the sophisticate and his loyal wife as a naive provincial — a self-justification the novel means us to despise.

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