Joaquim Manoel Macedo was born in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, in June 1820. He graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Rio de Janeiro in 1844, however, he did not practice the profession. In the last year, he published his first novel: “A moreninha”, which was very well criticized and liked by the public.
Joaquim Manoel Macedo was very versatile in his professional life, he exercised several professions: deputy, journalist, poet, researcher, playwright, textbook writer, professor of history and geography, as well as novelist - in all twenty Affairs. He died in April 1882, aged 62, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
He was severely criticized for writing in a way peculiar to novelist authors. His literary language approached the popular, the colloquial, a way of writing focused on speech, a fact that determined the success of his work, as readers found no difficulties in reading common vocabulary and easy.
The theme of his books is enveloped in a climate of love portrayed by passionate young characters, flirtatious students and happy endings, after some disagreements. In addition to language, another feature that also makes his novels notorious is the chosen setting. Its characters, in general, are stereotypes (there is no in-depth analysis of any) who engage in love stories in environments known to Rio society.
the little brunette is his best-known novel, adapted for film, theater and television, in addition to being one of the most read to date.
Works: A Moreninha (1844); The Blond Young Man (1845); The Two Loves (1848); Vincentina (1853); The Outsider (1855); My Uncle's Wallet (1855); Novels of the Week (1861); The Cult of Duty (1865); Memoirs of My Uncle's Nephew (1868), The Magic Lunette (1869); The executioners victims (1869); The Quarter River (1869); The Flirt (1870); The Mantilla Women (1871); A Groom and Two Brides (1871); The four cardinal points and the mysterious A (1872); The Baroness of Love (1876).
Theatre: The White Ghost (1856); California's Cousin (1858).
Poetry: The Nebula (1857).
Excerpt from the work “A moreninha”
“And the most part is that we are at a soiree: countless boats have led from the court to the island of... ladies and gentlemen, commendable for their character and quality: cheerful, numerous and chosen society fills the large house, which shines and shows the bubbling of pleasure and goodness everywhere. I like.
Among all these elegant and pleasant girls, who with painstaking effort try to see which one of them wins in graces, charms and donaires, certain that it surpasses the Moreninha lane, princess of that party."
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