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A Escrava Isaura (novel)

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A Escrava Isaura (Isaura, The Slave Girl) is a novel written by the Brazilian writer Bernardo Guimarães. It was first published in 1875 by Casa Garnier publishers in Rio de Janeiro. With this novel, Bernardo Guimarães became very famous throughout that country, even said to be admired by Brazil's last Emperor Dom Pedro II.

In 1976, a Brazilian telenovela adaptation, Escrava Isaura was aired with much success.

In 2004, a second, eponymous Brazilian telenovela adaptation airs on Telemundo in the United States dubbed in Spanish as La Esclava Isaura.

Story

Isaura, a white slave girl endured hard times before she was freed and finally married her star-crossed lover, Alvaro. Meanwhile she suffered greatly at the hands of Leôncio Almeida, the landlord of a plantation and main antagonist in the plot, who wanted to make her a concubine. She even became briefly engaged to the humpback dwarf Melchior and almost married him to avoid prostitution.

External links

• downloadable ebook (Portuguese)