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Histórias Brasileiras

By Visconde de Taunay

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Cover: Tightening the Saddle (1895), painting by Almeida Júnior (1850–1899) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1899)

Four tales and a one-act comedy by the Visconde de Taunay, most set in the frontier country of Mato Grosso that he knew as a soldier: Ierecê a Guaná, Camirão o Kinikinau, O Vigário das Dores and Juca o Tropeiro. They are early Brazilian regional stories, written in the 1870s.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Ierecê a Guaná
  2. 2: Da Mão Á Boca Se Perde a Sopa
  3. 3: Camiran a Kinikinao
  4. 4: O Vigario das Dores
  5. 5: Juca, o Tropeiro