monarchists and republicans meet in araruna,a small fictional town in the interior of são paulo,in 1886. the novel portrays the love story of the beautiful and wealthy sinhá moça - daughter of the slave,barão ferreira de araruna,and sweet and submissive mother candida -,with the young abolitionist lawyer dr. rodolfo fontes - son of dr. fontes,and the housewife inêz. toge...