"The cry of Maria Parda, because she saw the streets of Lisbon with so little branches in the taverns, and the wine was so expensive, and she could not do without it" - a book by the famous Portuguese writer Gilles Vicente. In this literary work, the author touches on the problems of social inequality and social degradation through the prism of the life of the heroine Maria Parda. Due to the successful use of language and images, the book causes the reader to think deeply about justice and human values, revealing the vulnerability of modern society.