The Three Marias (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rachel de Queiroz
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Principal Characters: Maria Augusta (Guta), Maria Jose (Jose), Maria da Gloria (Gloria), Aluisio, Raul, Isaac
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism
- Subjects: Girls, Maturation or coming of age, Teaching or teachers, Love or romance, Friendship, 1930’s, Women’s issues, Brazil or Brazilians, Students or student life
- Locales: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fortaleza, Brazil
The Novel
The novel consists of a retrospective view of the lives of the narrator, Maria Augusta (Guta), her two close friends, Maria Jose and Maria da Gloria, and other boarding school companions. After recounting with great sensitivity their first encounter at boarding school, Guta goes on to tell about their school adventures and about the choices they have to make about their lives. In the crucial years before and after graduation from high school, each of the schoolgirls searches for a direction to give her life. Each of the girls makes a very different choice. The three...
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