When a troubled, violent patient is brought to a psychiatric institution, a young intern becomes fascinated by the man's strange visions and inexplicable bursts of cosmic insight....
A Night Among The Nihilists
In this tense and atmospheric tale, an English traveler in Russia is unexpectedly swept into the dangerous underground world of the Nihilists—radical revolutionaries hunted by...
The Beast In The Cave
"The Beast in the Cave" follows a man who becomes lost in the enormous underground passages of Mammoth Cave during a guided tour. As his torchlight fades and the darkness closes...
Adam And Eve
In this satirical tale, Machado de Assis reinvents the creation of the world by attributing it to the Devil, who shapes the Earth with ambition and irony. In an attempt to repeat...
Trio In A Minor
Maria Regina lives amid the dilemmas of the heart: two men attract her attention, Maciel, young and vibrant, and Miranda, more mature and introspective. Between encounters,...
The Nurse
In this disturbing short story by Machado de Assis, a nurse hired to care for a sick man recounts his experience with a mixture of coldness and confession. As he describes his...
That Little Square Box
During a transatlantic voyage, a young Englishman grows suspicious of two fellow passengers, Flannigan and Muller, who guard a strange little square box with unsettling secrecy....
The Man From Archangel
"The Man from Archangel" follows a reclusive and meticulous scholar whose quiet, solitary life is shattered when unexpected visitors arrive after a mysterious accident on the...
The Secret Cause
In "The Secret Cause", Machado de Assis reveals the dark side of human nature through the love triangle formed by Garcia, Fortunato, and Maria Luísa. While Garcia harbors a...
The Murders In The Rue Morgue
"The Rue Morgue Murders" is a pioneering tale in the mystery genre, in which detective Auguste Dupin uses his acute observation and logic to solve a brutal double murder in Paris,...
