A Escrava Isaura 7.19 · 7.19

The narrator hands us the eavesdropper's role directly — 'whoever lent an attentive ear.' It is a small act of solidarity with the women: he asks us to lean in and listen to the enslaved talking among themselves, a register the plot rarely lets speak.

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