 Brito encouraged the growth of the national literature, still precarious.It can be considered the first Brazilian novel with some literary value has been "O Filho do Pescador (The Fisherman's Son)," by Antonio Goncalves Teixeira e Sousa, published by Brito in 1843.He used the poet Casimiro de Abreu and the young Machado de Assis, who began as a proofreader of Paula Brito and began the literary career as a collaborator of "A Marmota Fluminense".