Abstract
On December 3, 1912, the rising journalist and poet João Pereira Barreto murdered his wife, Annita Levy, who was a few months pregnant. The case became known as the "Icarahy Tragedy", and gained great repercussions in the Rio de Janeiro press. This research project aims to analyze the case of uxoricide through the news, between 1912 and 1916 - the period concerning the crime and the three…