Abstract
In this interview, Irene Moutinho and Sílvia Eleutério, the researchers responsible for the edition of the Letters of Machado de Assis, in five volumes, directed by Sergio Paulo Rouanet, tell how they got involved in the initiative; describe their working method; comment the criteria adopted; and share their analysis and impressions of the material they had access to in first hand.
Keywords:
letters; textual criticism; literary life