In 1879, he was transferred to Colégio Pedro II, where he wrote his first book, Uma Tragédia no Amazonas.
Raul Malo | José Raúl Capablanca | Raúl Castro | Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz | Raúl Alfonsín | Raúl Juliá | Raul Julia | Raúl di Blasio | Raúl Ramírez | Raúl Prebisch | Raúl Mondesí | Raúl Labrador | Raul Boesel | Raúl Reyes | Raul Morales | Raul Hilberg | Raul Blanco | Raúl Velasco | Raúl Soldi | Raúl López | Raul Gardini | Raul Domingos | Raul Bocanegra | Raúl Beceyro | Raul Yzaguirre | Râul Vadului | Raul Seixas | Râul Scurt | Raul Roco | Raúl Roa García |
Many of these writers were abolitionists that included Castro Alves, Joaquim Nabuco, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Naturalist writers that included Aluísio Azevedo, Jose Veríssimo, and Raul Pompéia.
Returning to Rio de Janeiro, he befriended many famous writers, such as Olavo Bilac, Raul Pompeia, Coelho Neto, Luís Murat, José do Patrocínio, Artur and Aluísio Azevedo, Émile Rouède and Francisco de Paula Ney.