Аннотация:The purpose of this work is to study a few characters dedicated to domestic services in the Portuguese literature.There were selected Juliana and Joana, character servants of the romance O Primo Basílio, by Eça de Quiroz, the aia, from the short story A Aia, also by Eça de Quiroz, Belarmina from the short story Menina Olímpia e Sua Criada Belarmina, by José Régio, and Léah from the short story that carries the same name of the character, by José Rodrigues Miguéis.These characters were analyzed from the perspectives of both the text and the context in which they were inserted, that were the medieval age, the XIX century and mid XX century, so as to, in conclusion, confront them among themselves and within the literary tendencies of the realist and presencist movements.
