Taunay, Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Visconde de 1843-1899 creator Norfini, Alfredo 1867-1944 text utu 2022 monographic pt 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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.) Originally published: Brazil: N. Falcone, 1906 Brazil -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Brazilian fiction PQ Brazil: N. Falcone, 1906 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008612539 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68635 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008612539 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68635 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134603.0 68635