Virgília

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Virgília is a central female character in Machado de Assis’s novel "The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas," known for her beauty, ambition, and complex romantic involvement with the narrator.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsAs mature married woman engaged in an affair
youthful love interest of Brás Cubas
appearsIn The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas NERFINISHED
associatedTheme adultery
hypocrisy of bourgeois society
moral ambiguity
vanity
characterTrait ambitious
beautiful
emotionally complex
pragmatic
socially aspirational
countryOfOrigin Brazil
creator Machado de Assis NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (1881 book edition) NERFINISHED
originally serialized in Brazilian press
genreOfWork Brazilian literature
realist novel
hasInfluenceOn development of Brás Cubas’s worldview
hasLover Brás Cubas NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Portuguese
literaryMovement Brazilian Realism NERFINISHED
medium novel
narratedBy Brás Cubas (posthumous narrator) NERFINISHED
narrativeRole adulterous lover
central character
love interest of Brás Cubas
nationalLiteraryCanon Brazilian canon
readerPerception often regarded as one of Machado de Assis’s most memorable female characters
relationshipStatus married to Lobo Neves NERFINISHED
relationshipType romantic affair with Brás Cubas
relationshipWith Brás Cubas NERFINISHED
socialPosition upper-class Brazilian society
spouseInFiction Lobo Neves NERFINISHED
symbolizes social ambition in the Brazilian Empire
tension between passion and social advancement
timePeriod 19th-century Rio de Janeiro

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