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The Hand and the Glove

Machado de Assis · 1874 CE · Novel · Latin American · Victorian

An orphan raised in Rio by a wealthy godmother decides early that she will marry ambition rather than affection, and three men are weighed against the plan: a moody law graduate, a rich idler and a rising political man. Her friend, who loves without calculating, supplies the contrast. Slight work, and the first appearance of Machado's cool female strategist.

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