Noite na Taverna

Fortunato tends to the sick with a devotion everyone admires, until a friend discovers the pleasure he takes in other people's pain. One of Machado de Assis's most disturbing stories, short and perfect for reading in Portuguese.

Machado de Assis

Stories set on the rivers and in the jungle of the Amazon, where legends, witchcraft and the supernatural mix with the violence of daily life. It includes classics like A feiticeira and O baile do judeu, in a clean, easy-to-read edition.

Inglês de Sousa

A student traveling by night to São Paulo meets Satan at an inn, and the devil guides him through a world of vice and disillusion. Álvares de Azevedo's fantastic drama, the inseparable companion to Noite na Taverna.

Álvares de Azevedo

At a gathering where everyone mocks the idea of ghosts, a pale judge agrees to tell what he saw as a young man and could never forget. A little-known ghost story by Machado de Assis, published in 1876.

Machado de Assis

One night on the banks of the Parnaíba River, an old boatman tells how he saw a pile of bones come together and dance in the middle of the forest. A tale of rural horror and Brazilian folklore by Bernardo Guimarães, told with humor and chills.

Bernardo Guimarães