Ferreira de Castro: two novels and a trajectory aims to investigate the central trajectory as a writer Ferreira de Castro putting it in conjunction with two of his novels, A Selva (1930) and A Lã e a Neve (1947). Thus, the procedure is a case study in which it is possible to propose an alternative to the parameters of the traditional biographical criticism, exploring differentially the connections between the work and life. The first chapter is faced with the reconstitution of the facts of childhood and adolescence of José Maria Ferreira de Castro, facts that are important for understanding how was formed the artist Ferreira de Castro, but also for understanding the direction that he gave to his literature. In the second, focuses on the analysis of his novel A Selva, noting how the foreigner author and immigrant can testify about a Brazilian social reality little known at that time, similarly, discuss about aesthetic elaboration of the Amazon and the possibility of reading the narrative as an exemplary story. The third chapter, initially, is characterized by a brief analysis of the Ferreira de Castro’s return to Portugal and his critical stance against the fascist regime that ruled the country. The main aim of this chapter is to evaluate the role of intellectual-writer acting through the novel A Lã e a Neve, which is a powerful testimony about the life of peasants and manual workers at the height of the Salazar dictatorship.