The Three Marias
work by Queiroz
Also known as: “As três Marias”
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As tr\u00eas Marias (1939), by Rachel de Queiroz, is a novel written in the first person that chronicles the lives of three childhood friends from their time in a convent school through adulthood. The work critiques the inadequate educational system and the limited roles available to women in Brazilian society. Queiroz, a prominent Brazilian novelist, was known for her modernist novels that offered social criticism in a colloquial style, often focusing on the region of northeastern Brazil.12
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