Рабыня Изаура

Trogatelʹnai͡a istorii͡a devushki-rabyni, kotoroĭ prishlosʹ proĭti cherez mnozhestvo ispytaniĭ, prezhde chem obresti dolgozhdannui͡u svobodu i schastʹe s li͡ubimym chelovekom, khorosho izvestna vo vsem mire. Roman brazilʹskogo pisateli͡a Bernardu Gimaraĭnsha (1875), proniknutyĭ pafosom zashchity chelovecheskogo dostoinstva, v svoe vremi͡a porazil chitateleĭ ostrotoĭ i aktualʹnostʹi͡u temy: rabstvo v Brazilii bylo otmeneno lishʹ spusti͡a trinadt͡satʹ let posle publikat͡sii romana. Pod vlii͡aniem knigi, gori͡achego sochuvstvii͡a k ee glavnoĭ geroine, vo mnogikh brazilʹskikh semʹi͡akh devochkam davali imi͡a Izaura. Spusti͡a sto let roman Bernardu Gimaraĭnsha leg v osnovu teleseriala (1976), kotoryĭ s ogromnym uspekhom byl pokazan v raznykh stranakh. S tekh por roman "Rabyni͡a Izaura" stal kulʹtovym: chitateleĭ privlekai͡ut v nem ne tolʹko dostoverno pokazannai͡a zhiznʹ i nravy provint͡sialʹnoĭ Brazilii serediny XIX veka, no i schastlivyĭ final - triumf chistoĭ i blagorodnoĭ dushi.

The touching story of a slave girl who had to go through many trials before finding the long-awaited freedom and happiness with her loved one is well known all over the world. The novel by the Brazilian writer Bernardo Guimaraes (1875), imbued with the pathos of protecting human dignity, once struck readers with the sharpness and relevance of the topic: slavery in Brazil was abolished only thirteen years after the publication of the novel. Under the influence of the book and the warm sympathy for its main character, in many Brazilian families the girls were given the name Isaura. A hundred years later, the novel by Bernardo Guimaraes formed the basis of a television series (1976), which was shown with great success in different countries. Since then, the novel "The Slave Isaura" has become a cult: readers are attracted to it not only by the authentic life and customs of provincial Brazil in the middle of the 19th century, but also by the happy ending — the triumph of a pure and noble soul.