Abstract
In this project, we are going to carry out a study about the short-stories published by the writer Dinorath do Valle, emphasizing on six short-stories of hers: four from the book O vestido Amarelo, published in 1976, and two from the book Idade da Cobra Lascada, published in 1982. The short-stories selected were: "Margarida no Castelo", "Té-logo-Francisco", "Marta", "Língua estrangeira", …