A escrava Isaura: romance

A Escrava Isaura (Portuguese pronunciation: [a (i)ʃˈkɾavɐ iˈzawɾɐ], 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. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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