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![]() ![]() The reader meets inhabitants of the underbelly, and the cream of the crop as well, in an unstoppable parade of characters that situate her firmly in Amado's world. ![]() Her second husband is an upright and honest man who also adores Flor, but is, quite simply, boring as hell. He drops dead in the first chapter, and Flor is plunged into widowhood. Vadinho, her first husband, is an inveterate gambler, womanizer, and drunk who loves Dona Flor honestly but imperfectly. The reader explores both the wealthy and uptight class and the gambling, fun-loving lower classes of Bahia, Brazil. In Dona Flor, Jorge Amado creates a character that defines the tension between spirit and matter proud of her tact and meekness, but nursing a hidden flame. ![]()
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