ABOUT LOVE AND "THE FREE CHOICE OF THE MIND" ["FRIA ELEIÇÃO DO ESPÍRITO"]: AN APPROACH TO THE THEME OF MARRIAGE IN SERIAL NOVEL A MÃO E A LUVA (1874) [THE HAND AND THE GLOVE], BY MACHADO DE ASSIS, ON THE PAGES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRESS

Abstract First published in 1874 in O Globo, as a serial novel, A mão e a luva [The Hand and the Glove], by Machado de Assis, portrays its main character, Guiomar the orphan, as being somewhat coldhearted and unabashedly ambitious, a woman who would end up being embraced by a new, wealthier social class thanks to favors. However, and diligently, Guiomar would resort to the bond of marriage - in less romantic, but more socially equanimous terms - to rid herself of the patriarchal family's influence. Aware of the liberal paradigms associated with the emergent modernity, we thus seek to identify the discursive intersections established between the story and its original media support, particularly as it regards the condition of women at the time.