![]() ![]() ![]() While her new husband lacks the passionate sensuality of Vadinho, he compensates by providing a life free of worry. Unlike Vadinho he is a pillar of respectability, kind and considerate. He was irresistible, and his absence was, for Dona Flor, worse than the long nights when she waited for him to come home.Īfter a period of mourning, Dona Flor attracts another admirer, a local pharmacist, Teodoro. But after Vadinho's death, he remained the love of her life and she missed his seductiveness. The women of the town thought she was well rid of him. His nights on the town and his two-timing had been supported by sponging off Dona Flor, the owner of a successful cooking school and his demands for money had been a constant worry and cause of sleepless nights for her. He is dancing a samba in the streets when his heart gives out, a surprise to all as Vadinho had spent his entire life gambling, partying and drinking with no hint of problems. The novel, set in Salvador, Bahia, opens with the sudden death of Dona Flor's husband, Vadinho, who collapses in the midst of Carnival celebrations. ![]() The novel was adapted for the first time into the 1976 film Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands ( Portuguese: Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) is a fantasy novel by Brazilian writer Jorge Amado, published in 1966 it was translated into English by Harriet de Onís in 1969. ![]()
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