A Escrava Isaura 6.228 · 6.228

She sinks her head on her father's chest — back to the one refuge left her, though it can no longer protect. 'Linda e pura': lovely and pure, the qualities the novel keeps insisting on, and the very ones that make her a target. Beauty and innocence are her peril.

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