# Senhor Pedro Carolino — English as She Is Spoke character guide

> Senhor Pedro Carolino in English as She Is Spoke by Pedro Carolino.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Pedro, Senhor Carolino, Pedro Carolino, hers, himself

**First appearance:** 0001-author-s-preface

## Snapshot

The earnest Portuguese author who promises studious youth a clean, gallicism-free phrasebook and delivers instead one of literature's most beloved accidental comedies.

## Who they are

Carolino presents himself in the preface as a careful pedagogue, offering dialogues, proverbs, and a vocabulary for Portuguese and Brazilian youth eager to master English. His flaw is magnificent: he cannot actually speak the language he is teaching, and his scrupulous exactness produces phrases like 'the blind saw clearer than this that may have two eyes.' He matters because his sincere ambition is the engine of the book's charm — the gap between his confidence and his results is the whole show.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Senhor Pedro Carolino is likely the author or compiler of the phrasebook, interacting with the narrator as a source or subject.

## In the story

### [Author's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/chapters/author-s-preface)

The author of the guide, addressing the reader and explaining the purpose and structure of the book.

### [English as She Is Spoke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/chapters/english-as-she-is-spoke)

Author of the guide, though not directly named in this excerpt.

### [Of the Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/chapters/of-the-man)

As the author of the guide, Pedro Carolino is responsible for the vocabulary list, which contains numerous errors and absurdities.

### [Familiar Phrases](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/chapters/familiar-phrases)

Implied author of the phrasebook, whose errors in translation and grammar are evident throughout.

### [Familiar Letters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/chapters/familiar-letters)

Implied as the compiler or translator responsible for the peculiar English phrasing in these letters.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se/characters/senhor_pedro_carolino
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/english_as_she_is_spoke_se
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