if only there was some great online Discourse around romantic-period brazilian novels out there like there is around english language novels… i would die for it tbh
(buy yourself a husband. not any husband, but one of great value, the only man you ever loved. the one you despise now for leaving you for a wealthier bride. then show him his own hypocrisy. humiliate him in your wedding night even. treat him as any other piece of furniture in your luxurious mansion in Rua das Laranjeiras. criticise the decadent bourgeoisie if you feel like it, the market of marriages, the unfaithful grooms. how corrupted your once pure love for him and his pure love for you became once money got involved, back when you were both young. so naive so innocent you were back then. you will make him feel so guilty, make him sick, make him unable to eat, to stare you in the eye after the absolute insult you inflicted upon him. he will call you Lady not as a man calls his wife, but as a servant calls his master. because under the true contract that is legal marriage, he is yours to keep. and still it pains you so much to do this to him. if only he apologised for all the wrongings in his past, dear, you would fall to your knees and take him back in a heartbeat. only if he would be so humble to do that. but your beloved Fernando is a man full of pride, he would never. on the other hand, Aurélia, you are an impossible woman. and it drives him insane.)
But yall wont cooperate with me!! Let’s talk about them and Be Very Normal about it!!!













