El gusto de los lectores. La recepción de novelas como problema para la historia literaria [Rí­o de Janeiro, primera mitad del siglo XIX]

Abstract

The text presents the fictional works preferred by readers in Rio de Janeiro in the first half of the nineteenth century and compares these with the most widespread books in Paris in the same period, observing the synchronicity in the readings performed at both locations. Some notable discrepancies between the novels in circulation at both locations are also presented and discussed. The impact that the knowledge of the tastes of readers may have on how the history of literature is written is discussed throughout the text