
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. Together, they face the difficulties in the campaign for the abolition of slaves.
Maria das Graças Ferreira, a Sinhá Moça

Rodolfo Garcia Fontes

Cândida Ferreira, a Baronesa de Araruna

Coronel José Ferreira, o Barão de Araruna

Juliana Castroneves

Dimas / Rafael

Ana Luísa Maria Teixeira, a Ana do Véu

Ricardo Garcia Fontes

Adelaide de Jesus

José Coutinho

Inez Garcia Fontes

Dr. Geraldo Fontes

Nina Teixeira

Manoel Teixeira

Virgínia, a Bá

Bastião

Ruth

Justo de Sá

Feitor Bruno

Mário Batista

Justo de Sá Filho, o Capitão do Mato

Bentinho

Fulgêncio

Raul Coutinho

Frei José

Antero

Augusto Castroneves

Justino

Everaldo Batista

Eduardo Tavares

Bobó
