The short story "Last Chapter" is a suicide note. Machado de Assis presents us with the somber figure of Matias Deodato de Castro e Melo, a man on the brink of suicide in 1871. He explains the reasons behind the terms of his will, expressing the desire for his possessions to be uniquely allocated to benefit the less fortunate.
Über den Autor Machado De Assis
Joaquim Machado de Assis was born on June 21, 1839, in Morro do Livramento, one of the hills surrounding Rio de Janeiro, which is now a favela area extremely dangerous and unpleasant to walk through due to the paths of misery and violence.