Nginikeze izincwadi ezinhle kakhulu ezibhalwe uMachado de Assis
Context:UMachado wakwazi ukukhuphuka emsebenzini wakhe wobuhulumeni, okokuqala eMnyangweni Wezolimo. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, waba inhloko yesigaba kulo. Wanyathelisa izincwadi ezimbili zezinkondlo: i-Falenas, ngo-1870, ne-Americanas, ngo-1875. Ukungamukelwa kahle kwawo kwamenza wafuna ezinye izinhlobo zezincwadi.  Ubhale amanoveli amahlanu othando: Ressurreição, A Mão e a Luva, Helena no Iaiá Garcia. Lezi zincwadi zaba nempumelelo emphakathini, kodwa abahlaziyi bezincwadi babezibheka njengezingavamile. UMachado wahlushwa isifo sokuwa ngokuphindaphindiwe, ngokusobala okuhlobene nokuzwa ngokufa komngane wakhe wakudala uJosé de Alencar. Wasala ecindezelekile, engenathemba futhi egxile ekufeni. Incwadi yakhe elandelayo, ephawulwa "ngethoni yokungabaza neyokungokoqobo": Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Imemori Yokushona kukaBras Cubas, ehunyushwa nangokuthi i-Epitaph of a Small Winner), ibhekwa kabanzi njengobuciko. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1880, uMachado wayesezuze udumo olukhulu njengombhali.  Nakuba ayephikisana nobugqila, akazange akhulume ngokumelene nabo obala. Wayegwema ukuxoxa ngezombangazwe. Wagxekwa yi-abolitionist uJosé do Patrocínio kanye nomlobi uLima Barreto ngokuhlala kude nezepolitiki, ikakhulukazi imbangela yokuqedwa. Baphinde bamgxeka ngokuthi ushade nowesifazane omhlophe. UMachado wabanjwa ngokuzumayo lapho umbuso wasebukhosini ugumbuqelwa ngomhlaka 15 Novemba 1889. UMachado wayengenalo uzwela ngombuso wobushiqela, njengoba wayezibheka njengenkosi yenkululeko futhi ehlonipha uPedro II, ayembona "njengendoda ethobekile, ethembekile, efundiswe kahle futhi ethanda izwe, owayazi ukuthi angenza kanjani isihlalo sobukhosi sibe yisihlalo [ngobulula bakhe], ngaphandle kokunciphisa ubukhulu nokuhlonishwa kwaso". Lapho ikhomishana iya ehhovisi lomphakathi lapho ayesebenza khona ukuze isuse isithombe salowo owayengumbusi, uMachado onamahloni wayidelela: "Isithombe sangena lapha ngomyalo futhi kufanele siphume kuphela ngomunye umyalo".  Ukuzalwa kombuso waseBrazil kwenza uMachado wagxeka kakhulu futhi waba ngumbukeli womphakathi waseBrazil wesikhathi sakhe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, wabhala "hhayi nje kuphela amanoveli amahle kakhulu esikhathi sakhe, kodwa amahle kunawo wonke emibhalweni yaseBrazil". Imisebenzi efana neQuincas Borba (Philosopher noma Inja?) (1891), Dom Casmurro (1899), Esaú e Jacó (1904) neSikhumbuzo de Aires (1908), ezibhekwa njengezingcweti, zaphumelela kokubili ngabagxeki kanye nomphakathi. Ngo-1893 washicilela "iMissa do Galo" ("iMisa laphakathi kwamabili"), ebhekwa njengendaba yakhe emfushane enkulu kunazo zonke.
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas, Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro, Esaú e Jacó, Memorial de Aires futhi A Missa do Galo