ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines and compares the two versions of Quíncas Borba from a bibliographical point of view, that is by considering them as records of a literary production process which manifested itself in two different print media: the newspaper and the book. It analyses the role played by the editorial leanings of A Estacao in the imaginary construction of the novel. The book provides explicit the narrative formula found by Machado de Assis to represent, in fiction, a changing society, which, it may be said in passing, was the target readership of the magazine. It explores whether or not a relation existed between the use of the kaleidoscopic narrative structure and the creative crisis through which the writing passed, which is revealed by the interruptions in the serialization during the five years in which it was published.
