There are seven chapters entitled "O Sobrado" that frame the rest of the action and tell the story of a siege to the Terra-Cambará mansion during the Federalist Revolution. The first book, entitled O Continente ( The Continent), progresses in non-linear chapters. Ultimately, the Terra-Cambará family becomes part of a land-owning elite. It's also noticeable that the families depicted to the book (ultimately famil y, since at a point they are joined by marriage) also go through transformations, departing from poverty in the beginning of the saga, until gaining economic and political prosperity through marriage. Throughout the narrative, historical wars, revolutions, political crises and events are depicted and the characters are part or affected by them. The trilogy tells the story of a traditional family that lives through transformations of the society, so not only the story of that particular family is explored, but also the historical process that took place in that part of Brazil, as in the whole country. The saga is composed of three books, divided in total by seven volumes: Living in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, both families experience the transformations of the country. The series tells the story of two families - Terra and Cambará -, and how they evolve through 200 years of history, from 1745 to 1945.
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