Histórias Da Meia-noite

De Machado de Assis

Histórias da meia-noite é uma coletânea de contos do escritor brasileiro Machado de Assis. A compilação foi publicada em 1873 e os contos têm como tema principal a ganância.

• Idioma: Português
• Editora: Clube de Autores
• Data de lançamento: 30 de abr. de 2021
• ISBN: 9788581630007

Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junho de 1839 Rio de Janeiro, 29 de setembro de 1908) foi um escritor brasileiro, considerado por muitos críticos, estudiosos, escritores e leitores o maior nome da literatura brasileira.

Avaliações de Histórias Da Meia-noite

[paganpaul · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

This book was a nice read. The idea in it was nicely worked out, the magicians complied reasonably with the stereotype but in a nice way. The characters are well defined and they grow in the story.

[bonne_1 · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

So much more could have been done in this series. I think she wanted to put a bit of everything in, so nothing is left out.

[ky.nguyen8zubroski · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

Love this book and the trilogy!

[memgtaylor · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

An age old story line where girl suddenly discovers she has magic powers. The main character Sonea draws attention to herself by inadvertently using her blossoming power during a purge carried out every year by the Magician’s Guild. The people of the slums actively dislike and mistrust the Magician’s Guild and many live in fear of them, after the Purge the story then relates how Sonea is kept hidden from the Magicians who are searching for her, the problems and fear that she faces as her burdgeoning powers start to become uncontrollable and highly dangerous. This is a book that I think many fantasy fans will enjoy, not too complicated, a very enjoyable read which you will be drawn into right from the start, the story line is intriguing, the characters very well written and likeable. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am now starting the second book in the Trilogy

[elphaba71 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

I fell straight into this book immediately, again as with the Magicians Apprentice, I found it wonderfully written with very believable well described characters. The main character is Sonea, she descovers her magical talent when she get's caught up in some trouble with some friends of hers and things get violent.The book is reasonable fast paced, and kept me interested from start to finish.

[quibee · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

This was a well-narrated audio book but plot-wise and character-wise it didn't interest me at all.
Everything seemed very predictable.
You looked at the stupidity of some of the character actions and you just shook your head.
It was very slow as well.
I'd give it 2.5 stars.

[clurb · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Easy to read, fast paced, entertaining. I whizzed through this and enjoyed every page of it although couldn't quite reconcile myself to the fact that Canavan's Guild and Pratchett's Unseen University are two seperate enteties. Left some amusing images in my head though.

[krumbs_1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

I've had this trilogy sitting on my shelf for at least three years, just waiting for me to feel up to the commitment of 7 inches of book. Really, this series looks absolutely huge when on a shelf. In reality, it took me about a week to work my way through the trilogy. I'm glad I did, and I wish I had done it sooner. It was quick and quite enjoyable!

This first book is a standard introduction to the rules and characters in a new magic-based world. Canavan does work in some vague social commentary, but it starts as an adventure story and continues on in the tradition of what I would call young adult fantasy. These seem aimed toward the adult fantasy market, but the themes are simple enough that I think I would have greatly enjoyed these as a tween. (Though the romance aspect may be slightly underplayed for the current tween fantasy market.) This first book really works to establish the characters and relationships and begin a vague introduction to the overarching plot of the trilogy, but not much really happens. The main character is sympathetic, though not very complex.

[humouress · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Another new author for me; I've seen Trudi Canavan's books around before, so now I've finally dipped a toe in and read one. I whizzed through this one, because I've been hanging onto my library books for so long, I can't renew them anymore, and I have to say that (at just over 500 pages), this was quite easy to read. It's nicely written; engaging, but not too complicated, and the language and plot flow smoothly.In the country of Kyralia, magicians are supposed to be taken from all walks of life to be trained in the Guild, but for a long time, the practice has been that only those from the Houses are tested for the gift, and so it is assumed that only the rich can become magicians.Every winter, the Guild magicians hold purges in the capital city of Imardin, to indiscriminately clear the slum areas, and this causes resentment amongst the slum dwellers. One year, Sonea throws a rock at the magicians with all the weight of her anger behind it, and it breaks through the magicians' shield to knock a magician unconscious. Stunned that the unthinkable has happened, other magicians reflexively respond with fire. Knowing she has been seen and fearing for her life, she goes into hiding, at the same time trying to learn how to use her burgeoning powers - unaware that they will destroy her unless she is taught to control them. The magicians of the Guild have to search the slums in a race against time to save her and the people around her, to try to convince her to trust them and to return with them to the Guild so that they can help her.

[harpua_1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

I was torn by this one. The premise behind this one intrigued me, yet it still seemed like a story I've read a hundred times. The plot seemed to plod along, yet I never had a problem picking this one up nor did I hurry to put it down. It seemed like a lot happened in this book, yet I'm not sure what or how it will move along. I think my biggest problem with this book is it seemed like a middle novel, where we are just moving the pieces around to setup for the big finale.....the only problem is, this is the first novel in the trilogy. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series, yet I'm just not sure I care....confused? So am I about this one.

[nakmeister · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

After a few years break from the genre, I decided to try a new fantasy author and it left me wondering why I stopped reading these books. Trudi Canavan has written an excellent start to a trilogy, with an interesting world developing. It's not earth shattering stuff, certainly at the moment, it's easy to read and has a fairly simple storyline but it's very readable and enjoyable. It's made me eager to read the next in the series, something that I've not felt in a while. Recommended.

[elizabeth9wong98 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

This book is about a girl, Sonea, who grows up in the slums of Kyralia. It turns out that Sonea has untapped magical potential that will kill her is she does not find out how to control it. Knowing this, the magicians of the Guild go into the slums to find her. The Guild wants to help Sonea, but she doesn't know it. Eventually she is taken the the Guild and taught to control her powers. Sonea decides to stay with the Guild and learn about her new powers, but this comes with consequences. Being the first slum girl accepted into the Guild, Sonea is met with rejection and criticism from the older students. I really liked this book as it was well within what genre of books that I like to read. One bad point is the the story is slow paced and takes forever to get somewhere. For example, Sonea has several close calls with the Guild when she is trying to escape from them. At first these were exciting but after the fifth thrilling escape from danger, it got a bit monotonous. On the other hand, I loved the characters themselves. Sonea is brave, intelligent, and a bit stubborn, but that makes her more human. Overall, this book was a pretty good read and I would read it again and I probably will.

[snowyowl_1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Trudi Canavan is a remarkable author. Her characters are very believable, and her stories are energetic and interesting. This is book is a good example of that. The main character, Sonea, acts like an actual person. It's easy to see the reasoning behind her actions. The writing is very readable, although the book does switch between characters often, which can get annoying. Overall, I recommend this book to those who are a fan of fantasy.

[sarahtanizar · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

The Magicians' Guild by: Canavan Trudi is one of the most interesting books for me. It has a girl, an adveture of the olden day and above all else magic that could kill you in an instance. This should be your #1 choice to read book! For all fantasy lovers you must read THIS book. ITS A MUST!

[alcarinqa_1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

This is a light, entertaining book that I enjoyed reading. The action takes place mainly in the slums of Kyralia and the Magician’s Guild, both of which were wonderfully realised. While there wasn’t a strong sense of place in the book because only the two of these places was described in any great detail, the slums and Guild allowed a contrast to be established between the low and high status societies in the city. This was pivotal to the plot of the book, so I was not disappointed at the lack of detail about the world external to the two places. In contrast, I found the pace of the story to be entirely too slow. Sonea’s attempts to evade the Guild as they searched for her were gripping at first, but quickly became monotonous as it dragged on. Just as I began to think that perhaps Canavan was taking us in direction where Sonea would not be captured at all, it became clear that she would die without the assistance of the Guild. I felt the search for her could have been confined to a few chapters without taking anything away from the plot. The pace picked up once she was found by the magicians, and I enjoyed seeing her slowly open up to the Magicians and allow them to help her. The characters were engaging but cliched, developing very little thought the novel. Sonea was a good heroine, if a little annoying because of her stubbornness concerning her generalised beliefs about magicians. In turn, many of the magicians, who are leaders in society, believed in stereotypes of the street dwellers without ever interacting with one. My favourite character is Lord Dannyl, easily the most interesting character because of his willingness to co-operate with the Guild of Thieves to find Sonea. Sonea’s introduction into the Guild allows the factions and alliances within the society to be revealed and this gave depth to the otherwise superficial world of the Magician’s Guild.An entertaining novel which establishes Canavan as a talented storyteller, The Magician’s Guild will appeal to YA readers as well those who enjoy high fantasy. Although it is clear that this book is setting up the rest of the series, the trilogy shows a lot of promise, and now that most of the world-building is out of the way, I look forward to reading about Sonea’s time as a Novice of the Magician’s Guild. See the full review here

[souloftherose · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

I'd been aware of this fantasy series for a few years and picked this up from the local library. When I flicked through the book in the library the first paragraph captivated me and made me decide to read it: "It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow city streets because it is grieved by what it finds there. On the day of the Purge it whistled amongst the swaying masts in the Marina, rushed through the Western Gates and screamed between the buildings. Then, as if appalled by the ragged souls it met there, it quietened to a whimper." The story focuses on a slum girl called Sonea who accidentally discovers she has magical powers. In Imardin it is forbidden for an untrained magician to be loose in the city so the Magicians' Guild must track her down and either train her as a magician or block her powers so she cannot use them. However, the Magicians' Guild is traditionally made up of members from the ruling classes of Imardin and there are many who do not want to see a slum dweller become part of the Guild.Trudi Canavan, in her first novel, has managed to create an intriguing fantasy world complete with intrigue, rival guilds and an exciting plot hook at the end of the novel to anticipate the rest of the trilogy. I particularly liked the characters she has created; some fantasy authors seem to write characters so annoying that they set my teeth on edge but the characters in The Magicians' Guild were wonderful. One reviewer wrote that they wanted one character (Rothen) to be real so that they could meet him and I completely agree.I gave this book four stars and immediately went back to my library to grab the next in the series.

[krau0098 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

This is the first book in the Black Magician series. I have had this book on my shelf to read for quite awhile. It was a decent fantasy book, but the pacing is a bit slow and the plot is repetitive.I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was very well done. The narrator is pleasant to listen to and does character voices well. I would definitely recommend listening to this on audiobook.The magician’s of Imardin have gathered to do their yearly purge of undesirables from the Inner City. One of these “undesirables” is Sonea, she is a young woman whose aunt and uncle were actually making an honest, if meager, living when they were driven out of their house as part of the Purge. Sonea, in an unusual fit of anger, joins the other slum kids in throwing rocks at the Magicians’ impenetrable shield….only Sonea’s rock doesn’t stop at the shield...it goes through it. Sonea is terrified that the Magicians will kill her her for what she’s done, common folk just don’t have magic. So Sonea begs her thief friends to hide her from the Magicians as long as possible. Unfortunately Sonea needs to be taught how to control her magic before it spirals out of control and kills everyone.There are a lot of good aspects to this story. I really and truly enjoyed all the characters (well not the evil ones, but all the good ones). They are well done and have a lot of depth to them. In general the characters are kinder to each other than I would expect characters eking out a living in the slum to be. I also really liked Sonea; she is smart and resourceful...if a bit too dependent on others sometimes. Additionally I enjoyed the magic and the idea of the Magician’s Guild and their different schools of magic.However there was a lot I didn’t like as well. Sonea spends the first two-third’s or more of this book running from place to place hiding from the magicians. It gets very repetitive and boring. She doesn’t actually get involved with the Guild until very late in the story. I also wished we had saw more of the world outside of Imardin; we really don’t and it makes the world-building seem stunted.What kept me engaged in the story was the whole idea of Sonea’s magic destroying her; you are constantly wondering what choices she will make and how they will all play out. The story is very nicely tied up with another storyline started right at the end to keep the reader enticed...it’s not a cliffhanger but more of a presentation of yet another mystery.Overall this was a decent fantasy that suffered from some repetitiveness and slow pacing in the beginning. I did however really enjoy the characters and magic throughout and would love to learn more about them both. I am unsure whether or not I will continue with this series. I have heard that the latter two books of the series are much better, so since I already have the books I may go ahead and read them.

[effingeden · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

The first in the Black Magician trilogy, a coming-of-age tale focusing on a girl called Sonea, a commoner who’s power is so strong she is able to work rudimentary magic (something that hasn’t happened for hundreds of years, as magic must be unlocked.) The first novel follows her from the gutter, to a minor riot, to a cat-and-mouse game between herself and the magicians and then finally her inevitable capture. This book came out clinging to the coat-tails of Harry Potter, though offers none of the action or humour. The style of writing is smooth – so much so I want to call it airbrushed. It is so carefully non-insulting it’s dull. Pleasant enough but there is nothing that throws sparks in the mind. Nothing that bursts with flavour. It’s also far too fussy at times. Ms Canavan for some reason can’t call an ox and ox. That goes for spiders, sheep, cows, wolves, rats and mice. It is so redundant when the animals are obviously things with familiar names. There is also the issue with humour. I know not everyone can write it, I myself have a similar issue, but Ms Canavan disguises the fact in the most jarring, irksome way. Take one scene, where Sonea is spying on a lesson within the Guild. She can hear the teacher loud and clear, but when the students make a joke she can’t hear a word. The male characters have some interesting points, but Sonea is very, very badly created. She is stupid but thinks herself clever, she is oddly reserved and polite for someone who grew up in the slums and she is uninteresting to the extreme. They all seem to be very hollow and 2D. And then the culture. The city the book is set in apparently didn’t have organised thieves until fifty years or so before. It’s been standing for over 800 years, and the thieves only seem to hang out in the slums. Why, when no one in the slums have anything worth stealing? There is so much potential and it’s just fluttered at meekly. It’s so very frustrating. For itself, the book is, well, boring. The chase doesn’t climax until over midway through and the rest is dedicated to persuading her to become a member of the Guild. It lacks plot and action. I have no idea what possessed me to purchase the entire trilogy. I seem to remember the next books being a vast improvement, which I hope is correct. Characters: 2/10Setting: 3/10Plot: 2/10Dialogue: 3/10Overall: 2.5/10

[redthing · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

Canavan creates an intriguing world in this series. This first part is a kind of thriller, with Sonea being hunted by the Magicians for accidentally displaying her abilities in front of them. A highly reccommended novel for any fantasy reader!

[justablondemoment · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

This book grab me from the 1st page shook me like a rag doll and I got the idea I better dig in this is gonna be one hell of a ride. There was just nothing I didn't like about it. Can't wait to read the next and hope it is every bit ...one more chapter, just one more..then I'll go to bed...as this 1st book was..WOW what a way to kick off a career. 

[leslie398 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Decent fantasy novel. I found it suffered from a common flaw in first books of a series -- a bit too much set-up at the cost of plot. I did like the fact that Canavan just drops the reader into her world & leaves him/her to figure things out (with the assistance of the maps & glossary provided). I liked it enough to be curious about what will happen in the next books of the trilogy!

[jamestomasino · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

This story was just okay. The first major plot point took over half the book to resolve when it should have taken 3 chapters at most. That really sums up why this book didn't earn another star or two from me. All in all, not a lot happens. I'm guessing if I finish the series, it will all add up to the content that would comfortably fill a single book. It's just a bit to leisurely written for me.

[issy05 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

I love this series an enjoyable read

[irishkitsune · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

This series follows the adventures of Sonea, a young woman who grows up in the slums of her city but later finds that she is a magician, a status that puts her above most nobility. This trilogy covers a lot of growth of the main characters as their lives are turned upside down by the revelation that peasants can be born magicians. It's really a good set of tales, and I probably would have rated it higher if the grand finale in the last book hadn't been so anti-climactic.

[xleptodactylous · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

Sonea lives in the slums with her Aunt and Uncle and is no longer allowed to associate herself with her friends and their gang. However, during the annual Purge, she meets them again and gets mixed up in their stone-throwing hatred towards the Guild Magicians. When the deep, concealed magic she has within her is loosened, Sonea must hide herself because the Magicians are after her: no-one from the slums have ever showed magical potential and they are scared, but not as scared as Sonea.


I had read the Traitor Spy Trilogy previous and, whilst I didn't love it, I wasn't put-off completely from this author. I enjoyed grown-up Sonea in those books but found her to be completely different in this book: obviously that would be the case since she is a child here, but she's almost a completely different person. Perhaps in the next two you see how she will turn in to the only character from the other trilogy I liked, but I don't feel compelled to do so.

I had no sympathy for any of the characters, except perhaps Lord Rothen, and even then I couldn't remember his name to write this review. But even so, he was just a nice man and I like nice men.

It was also so incredibly slow. Half the book was just Sonea running about and hiding: you don't need 300 pages to show someone running from hideout to hideout. The first part (the book was parted in to two) could have honestly been condensed in to one chapter, if that, giving the excitement that almost peeped its head out at the end could have been put in to the first book.

I will not be reading the rest of the series, or any more from this author. There is nothing I want to go back to.

[isamoor_1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

Jan13:Characters: Well done in this book.Plot: A great sense of exploration.Style: High fantasy done well. Maybe not carried through, but eh.

[mandochild · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

I'm not quite sure what to think of this one. The characters and plot are believable and fascinating. The level of detail is rich, making the world of the Magician's Guild seem very real and complex. Most of the time I was anxious to know what happened next. And yet, I found that I was frequently frustrated and wishing it would hurry up and move along. Perhaps the level of detail is too great and the plot development consequently too slow. I found that I was interested, but between readings I didn't really care whether I picked it up again or not. Also, I was very surprised that after being held captive in the dark in a confined space for several weeks, Cery was able to happily jog along behind the High Lord, not constricted in his movements or blinded by light, and even finding the means to trust the hated Guild members. After having been been believable for so long, he suddenly reminded me of Jo in the Famous Five, a bit like a slightly untamed puppy seeking approval. The lack of any serious consequences suddenly took the book to a different, "child's" level, a bit like old TV programmes where a person can be shot or badly beaten up and still keep on fighting regardless. Hmm - a strange mix and yet haunting in the quality of its "vraisemblance" most of the time).

[stnylan · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

A very pleasant easy read. The story has a very simple core to it, and with well formed characters and a well-described easily envisaged environment it passes very nicely. But there is a catch, just to keep one reading.

[jdifelice-1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

3.5/5 stars
I ended up really enjoying this book! I didn't really have any expectations going in - I had picked this up at my local used bookstore, and I liked it!

We follow Sonea, a "dwell" - a girl who lives in the slums and her journey with her friends, the magicians, and how she discovers her magic.

I actually really enjoyed Sonea's character development and her journey with her magic. I also really liked Dannyl and Rothen and Cery. They were all very well fleshed out and well developed.

The plot was a little slow, but the pacing remained the same throughout the whole novel. I liked the detail we got of each part of the plot and how things progressed.

The writing was engaging as well.

Overall, it was good, and I will continue on with the series at some point.

[reading_fox · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

The debut novel from Australian novelist Trudi Canavan and very well written too. Sonea, dwells in the Slums of the city, who's king commands the Magicians every winter to drive the disreputable from the streets. Each year the street children protest this practise by throwing stones - harmless fun, as Magician's can shield themselves without trouble. Sonea so insensed at the injustice puts her anger into the throw and no-one is more suprised than she when her stone pierces the shield. Wisely she flees. The Magicians are not so amused and begin a desperate search of the parts of the city they never normally venture into, looking for her befor she gains or loses Control. The style is light easy and fast reading, but the main characters are well carefully drafted. The magical system is well thought out. The single most annoying facet is the way of attributing normal creatures made up names - 8 legs, spins webs, poisonous bite: sounds like a spider to me, but no it's a Faren - but the discription comes in dribs and drabs so that initially the reader doesn't know anything about them. This grates all the way thorugh the book. The sequal is carefully set up - Who is the mysterious figure returning to the Guild dripping in blood? What is the role of the Thieves in the city? are the neighbouring countries as quitescent as they seem? Are the Guild really as bad as all that?