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Page 27
... slaves ; Ávilas on the country estate at Olivença and in the mansion in Bahia ; Ávilas of Pantagruelian appetites ; Ávilas keeping concubines in Rio ; beautiful Ávila women , fearless Ávila men , and , at last , an Avila man of learning ...
... slaves ; Ávilas on the country estate at Olivença and in the mansion in Bahia ; Ávilas of Pantagruelian appetites ; Ávilas keeping concubines in Rio ; beautiful Ávila women , fearless Ávila men , and , at last , an Avila man of learning ...
Page 64
... slave market , only there was no one there now , no newly arrived group from the backlands . The so - called slave market behind the railroad station was the place where migrants from the drought area waited for employ- ment . The ...
... slave market , only there was no one there now , no newly arrived group from the backlands . The so - called slave market behind the railroad station was the place where migrants from the drought area waited for employ- ment . The ...
Page 253
... slaves . Big cities where she could earn her own living and her freedom . She never looked at the men in Ilhéus . Iracema called her the Bronze Virgin - the title of a novel - because she had no sweethearts . Josué wrote sonnets to her ...
... slaves . Big cities where she could earn her own living and her freedom . She never looked at the men in Ilhéus . Iracema called her the Bronze Virgin - the title of a novel - because she had no sweethearts . Josué wrote sonnets to her ...
Contents
PART ONE or A Brazilian from the Arabies | 5 |
THE LONELINESS OF GLORIA | 97 |
Love or How Nacib Hired a Cook 129 Of | 138 |
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