| Summary: | «Devilish», «whore», «vicious», «hermaphrodite», «bizarre» these are some adjectives that bring to
mind Henriqueta Emília da Conceição e Sousa (1845-1874). From an appealing and frightening prostitute to
a heroin in crime and love in Oporto throughout the 19th century, many doubts and mistrusts still remain
about her life. Immortalized after death, mainly due to an extravagant way of living and a morbid transgression,
she is a singular example of a woman facing prejudice in a marginalizing society. Retrieving unprecedented
details about this seductive personality, we go along from her biographical essay to her forthcoming
as a literary character, analyzing the historical and cultural dualities that highlight the complexity of a
woman’s life in those times.
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