''As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor'' is a

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Júlio Dinis Júlio Dinis, pseudonym of Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho (14 November 1839 – 12 September 1871) was a Portuguese doctor and poet, playwright and novelist. He was the first great novelist of modern Portuguese middle-class society. His novels, e ...

, written in 1863 and published in 1867. It was a success, and followed with a number of similar themed novels, such as ''

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'' (1868). The novel is set in the second half of the nineteenth century in a Portuguese village, and related the story of Margaret and Clara and her romances with the sons of the farmer, José das Dornas, Daniel and Pedro. It was adapted into three films: in 1922, in 1935 and in 1960. In 1995, Brazil, it has gained a '' novela'' adaption broadcast by

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