01815cam a22003493u 4500 68635 UtSlPG 20260610134603.0 m cr n 260607r20221906utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG pt iso639-1 PQ Taunay, Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Visconde de, 1843-1899 Innocencia Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoc%C3%AAncia_(romance) Release date is 2022-07-29 Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.) "Innocencia" by Visconde de Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay is a regionalist novel published in 1872. Set in the Brazilian sertão, it tells the story of a young woman promised in marriage to a violent cattle dealer chosen by her authoritarian father. When a wandering pharmacist posing as a doctor arrives to treat her illness, forbidden love blooms in secret. A mute dwarf watches everything. This tragic romance, often called the "sertanejo Romeo and Juliet," captures the clash between passion and patriarchal tradition in Brazil's rural heartland. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Brazil: N. Falcone, 1906 Brazil -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Brazilian fiction Norfini, Alfredo, 1867-1944 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008612539 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68635 109439 109439