Narratives that Travel: Novels Written in Portuguese and Published in Paris

The fictional narratives in Portuguese that were published in France comprise an impressive collection for the study of both the rise of the novel in Portuguese-speaking countries and the circulation of printed material between Paris, Rio, and Lisbon. This chapter approaches these books from two complementary standpoints. In the first place, an attempt is made to determine how they fit in with the broader market of novels published in Portuguese during the nineteenth century. After this, by drawing attention to the collection of books that have been traced, an attempt is made to determine how they are composed and what narrative forms they adopt. In this way, it is possible to have a clearer picture of this particular set of novels.