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.
Benedito Ruy Barbosa
Maria das Graças Ferreira, a Sinhá Moça
Rodolfo Garcia Fontes
Coronel José Ferreira, o Barão de Araruna
Cândida Ferreira, a Baronesa de Araruna
Dimas / Rafael
Juliana Castroneves
Ricardo Garcia Fontes
Ana Luísa Maria Teixeira, a Ana do Véu
Mário Batista
Adelaide de Jesus
José Coutinho
Inez Garcia Fontes