Contos Paraenses

Name: Contos Paraenses
Author: João Marques de Carvalho

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Obras de Marques de Carvalho

CONTOS PARAENSES

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DO MESMO AUCTOR

O SONHO DO MONARCHA,—poemeto, 1886, Opusculo

LAVAS, poemeto, 1886, Opusculo

PAULINO DE BRITO, perfil, com fac-simile e retrato do biographado, 1887, 1 vol.

HORTENCIA,—romance naturalista, 1888, 1 vol.

O LIVRO DE JUDITH,—versos e contos para creanças, 1889, 1 vol

A PUBLICAR

HISTORIAS D'AMOR,—contos, 1 vol.

SOROR MARIA,—romance, 1 vol.

THEODORICO MAGNO,—perfil, 1 vol.

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J. MARQUES DE CARVALHO

CONTOS PARAENSES

PARÁ

PINTO BARBOSA & C.—Editores
Rua 13 de Maio
1889

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett
You spend the novel inside Raskolnikov’s feverish, self-justifying mind, then watch Porfiry unravel him through oddly playful conversations. It’s bleak, morally serious, and sometimes deliberately repetitive, but the pressure feels real, especially beside Sonia’s quiet compassion.
The Time Machine H. G. Wells
The Time Traveller lands in the year 802,701 expecting a paradise, and what he finds among the childlike Eloi and the pale Morlocks underground gets stranger and sadder the longer he stays. It's short, brisk Victorian science fiction with a genuinely bleak streak, especially that final beach.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
Wilde gives every character his best one-liners, so you'll laugh even as the whole thing curdles into something genuinely creepy. Lord Henry's lazy, poisonous charm is the real draw; you'll catch yourself agreeing with him and then feeling slightly guilty about it.