Benedict lived alone in New Engenho, in a house that was built like the who lived in his childhood in Matacavalos´s street. Benedict was known by the nickname of Sun Casmurro by his taste for insulation. At 54
years of age decided then write a book narrando the story of his life.Starts stating that the book was born in 1842,
son of Pedro de Albuquerque Santiago and D. Glory. His father was owner of a farm in Itaguaí and changed for the RJ in 1844 when he was elected deputy. Some years later rather than return to Itaguaí, decide to stay in RJ evender his farm, using the money in real estate, moving to live in the house rent of Matacavalos.>The life of the author follows monotonous to the "famous afternoon, 1857," when the house had come into his behalf and say hides itself to hear the conversation. In the conversation that her mother had with her household Jose Dias, Bentinho heard that the hand holds the purpose of the place on the career
seminar to follow church, because God had made a promise that they would if had a second son rung. Bentinho was the second son, as its first brother death at birth. Bentinho was shaken by the reactivation of the promise that thought forgotten and thought that this reactivation was to the fact that Jose Dias has informed the mother of foolish dating from Bentinho with Capitolina, his neighbor. The girl was 14 years and was known as Capitu. The coexistence, proximity and age have led to both create mutual affection. D. Glory to know that hastened to assemble a fulfillment of the promise. Bentinho then shows the mother who has no vocation for this career, but this does not surte effect. D. Gloria decided fulfill the promise, but promises that if in two years Bentinho not reveal vocation for the priesthood he could leave the priesthood and follow another career. Before Bentinho from this and Capitu forswear married there In Seminar Bentinho knows and is a friend of Ezekiel. Plans for Benedict to leave the seminar fail. But the solution to the problem arose from Escobar. According to him, D. Glory to God promised a priest, but that does not mean that it should necessarily be a son your legitimate, which could then be an orphan adopted. D. Glory and was thought to consult the priest Cabral and this was consult the bishop felt that the good solution .Problema resolved, Bentinho leaves the workshop and goes to Sao Paulo study law. Escobar that the seminar will also became a successful businessman and well-married themselves with Sancha, friend and colleague of School of Capitu. In 1865 Benedict and Capitu married to. The law firm is well, but the happiness is not complete because the
child expected to arrive delay. This fact leads them to invejarem the couple Escobar who had a daughter and put the name of baptism of Capitolina. Some years later was born the son of Benedict, Ezekiel, so baptizing to repay the kindness that the couple had to baptize the girl with the name of the friend of Sancha. . In 1871, Escobar, who was fond of swimming, dies afogado. In burial, Capitu, supporting a friend Sancha, looks so fixamente and with this expression for the deceased that Benedict is so shaken that almost unable to speak the speech funeral.The office of Benedict continues to improve and its union with Capitu follows growing. By this time, two years later, that Capitu warns that Benedict Ezekiel resembles is co m Escobar. Benedict begins to understand the similarities that only increases when the child grows. Relations Benedict and Capitu begin to deteriorate. Benedict does not support more see the child and resolves puts it in a seminar, but this solution is not effective because the child is apegou too extreme to pai.Benedict decides suicide themselves with poison put on the coffee. Halted by the arrival of the child and then to solve the poison the child. Desiste at the last moment and solve desabafar with the son saying that it is not his father. Presently Capitu want to know what''s happeniand repeats Benedict is not the father of Ezekiel. Capitu you question what does think so. Benedict is unable to explain, and Capitu that this should causality of the similarities, saying all this is the will of God. He pulls out with the child for the Mass and Benedict give the suicide.During the discussion it was decided by the separation. The couple would go to Europe with the child and return the following Benedict alone. They exchange letters themselves. Benedict sometimes travels to Europe, to keep up appearances. Some time later dies D. Glory and Benedict cut for the Engenho New. One day receive the visit of Ezekiel Santiago de Albuquerque, who was then the perfect picture of Escobar. Capitu death and buried out in Europe. Ezekiel remains for a few months in RJ and then party for the East study archeology. Eleven months later died of typhoid fever in Jerusalem.All dead, friends and family, Sun Casmurro closes itself on its own, but still finds some friends, but none of them does forget Capitu, that the traira with your best friend. And after all, nothing better than writing a history of the suburb of RJ, to forget the past.
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