O Ateneu - formato ePub

Dois contos pitorescos de Raul Pompeia, com uma dose incomum de ironia. Em "Quase tragédia", Eduardo e Adélia estão prestes a casar, quando uma onda de azar parece amaldiçoar seus últimos passos de solteiros....

Em "Último Castelo", o leitor encontra a história do poeta Álvaro. No Rio de Janeiro do século XIX, ele era notório pela intensidade não só de seus poemas, mas também de seus atos. Ao realizar seu desejo...

Tema frequente na literatura do século XIX, a "carta de intriga" move a trama de "Mocinha". Nele, conta-se como o casamento de Mocinha e Arsênio foi abalado por esse recurso. Em "Olhos", a morte é o tema...

Em "O mal de D. Quixote", o leitor encontra o discurso de um homem tido como louco para seu médico, discurso esse que soa como um poema ou prosa poética filosófica e colorida de intertextualidades. Em...

Um bem planejado mergulho no íntimo de um pintor, com relação à sua própria obra: eis a trama desse conto "O modelo de anjo", de Raul Pompeia. Nele, é contada a saga do artista italiano Carlo Giacometo,...

Neste conto, Raul Pompeia confere ao leitor a possibilidade de resolver o mistério por si mesmo. Narra-se aqui o suposto rapto da menina Vevinha, filha do carpinteiro Eduardo, que desaparece de casa subitamente....

Com os traços marcantes do Naturalismo, o conto "Maladetto Francesco!" narra cruamente a triste história do garoto Francesco, imigrante napolitano, órfão, cuja vida oscila entre as ruas do Rio de Janeiro,...

Em texto de características mais românticas, Raul Pompeia traz neste conto a melancolia da viscondessa Amélia, que foi obrigada pelo pai comendador a um casamento arranjado. Sua vontade era entregar-se...

Nesses dois contos de Raul Pompeia, os animais de estimação são os protagonistas. "Tudo tem sido poemas em louvor do cão", afirma o narrador de "Os gatos e os cães", para enaltecer os felinos: "o honrado...

Raul D'Ávila Pompéia (1863- 1895) escreveu O Ateneu em 1888, publicado como folhetim no jornal A Gazeta de Notícias, do Rio de Janeiro, onde era crítico de arte. Abolicionista fervoroso, engajou-se nas...

O Ateneu é um romance do escritor brasileiro Raul Pompeia, considerado como o único exemplar de romance impressionista na literatura brasileira. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1888, o livro conta a história...

"No mar" conta a história de Júlio e Júlia, que se conheceram junto à murada de um navio e tiveram visões distintas um do outro, reveladas ao leitor em final surpreendente. Como é também surpreendente...

Dois retratos realísticos da miséria humana: assim se propõem esta duas narrativas de Raul Pompeia. Em "História cândida", não se engane o leitor com o adjetivo: abandono e sedução reunidos na história...

Joaninha, protagonista deste conto de Raul Pompeia, é uma jovem órfã que vive com o pai, quase sempre bêbado e agressivo. Dois estudantes com muto más intenções observam aquela condição e, na primeira...

No conto "A batalha dos livros", não é sem razão que o protagonista se chama Aristóteles: assim como o filósofo grego, o personagem, que é também um sábio, depara-se com a incapacidade de classificar...

A tragédia e as torres das igrejas são os traços a unir esses dois contos de Raul Pompeia. Em "A cruz da matriz", o personagem Brício vive o conflito entre as condições de sacristão e amante da natureza....

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