Dom Casmurro
Dom Casmurro, a 1899 realist novel by Machado de Assis, follows the unreliable narrator Bento Santiago as he questions his wife Capitu’s fidelity and his own memories. The story traces their relationship from childhood neighbors and a brief seminary stay to marriage, the birth of a child he doubts resembles him. The narrative is marked by domestic tension and Machado’s characteristic humor.
