Author(s) Bernardo
Guimarães
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Genre(s) romance
novel,
propaganda
Publisher Casa Garnier
Publication date 1875
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 produced by Rede
Globo was titled Escrava Isaura.
It was a worldwide success[1].
In 2004, a second Brazilian
telenovela was produced by TV
Record. It was also titled A
Escrava Isaura. This adaptation
also aired at Telemundo in the
United States. This version was
dubbed into Spanish and titled La
Esclava Isaura.
Story
Isaura, daughter of a
Portuguese worker and a freed
black woman, is an enslaved girl
that endured hard times before
she was freed and finally married
her star-crossed lover, Álvaro.
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 aconcubine.
She even became briefly
engaged to the humpback dwarf
Melchior and almost married him
to avoidprostitution, before
Álvaro came in her aid..
Guimarães
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Genre(s) romance
novel,
propaganda
Publisher Casa Garnier
Publication date 1875
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 produced by Rede
Globo was titled Escrava Isaura.
It was a worldwide success[1].
In 2004, a second Brazilian
telenovela was produced by TV
Record. It was also titled A
Escrava Isaura. This adaptation
also aired at Telemundo in the
United States. This version was
dubbed into Spanish and titled La
Esclava Isaura.
Story
Isaura, daughter of a
Portuguese worker and a freed
black woman, is an enslaved girl
that endured hard times before
she was freed and finally married
her star-crossed lover, Álvaro.
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 aconcubine.
She even became briefly
engaged to the humpback dwarf
Melchior and almost married him
to avoidprostitution, before
Álvaro came in her aid..
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