O Garimpeiro
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O garimpeiro is a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 written by the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian writer Bernardo Guimarães
Bernardo Guimarães
Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães was a Brazilian poet and novelist. He is the author of the famous romances A Escrava Isaura and O Seminarista. He also introduced to the Brazilian poetry the "verso bestialógico" , poems whose verses are very nonsensical, although very metrical...

. It was first published in 1872.

In 1920 it was made into a film titled O Garimpeiro (film)
O Garimpeiro (film)
O Garimpeiro is a 1920 Brazilian silent drama film directed by and starring Vittorio Capellaro. It is based on the 1870s novel O Garimpeiro by Bernardo Guimarães.The film premiered on December 20, 1920 in Rio de Janeiro....

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