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By mixing characters from two different novels and imaginative ideas from his head, Moita Flores has created a portrait of a Portugal that only existed in his head.
Written by Francisco Moita Flores, this series is a somewhat confusing mixture of characters and elements from two very different stories: on the one hand, the action and the main characters are taken from As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor, by Júlio Dinis. This is one of the most classic books of Portuguese romanticism, with strong appeals to the bucolic northern village life that the writer, moreover, knew very well. However, the series borrows characters and elements from Camilo Castelo Branco's "Memórias do Cárcere", especially with regard to bandit Zé do Telhado, whom the w...