Dom Casmurro
Bento Santiago looks back on his life, his first love and his lingering doubts. Every chapter is rewritten in modern Brazilian Portuguese at level C1, paragraph by paragraph.
Open Dom CasmurroWhat this site is
Adapted Classics is a small collection of books that have entered the public domain. Each chapter appears twice: first in the author's original words, then in a modern rewrite made for language learners.
The adaptation keeps the story, the order of events and the voice of the narrator. It replaces old vocabulary and long, winding sentences with the language people use today, at a stated level of the Common European Framework (CEFR).
How to read it
- Choose a book below and open its page to see the list of chapters.
- Read a paragraph of the original. Take your time and guess at what you do not know.
- Read the matching paragraph of the adaptation. Each one lines up with the original, paragraph by paragraph.
- Compare the two. Notice which words and structures changed, and borrow them in your own writing.
If the original feels easy, try reading it on its own and use the adaptation only to check yourself.