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“eca de queiros”

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  • The Maias

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    The Maias is a sweeping and masterfully crafted novel by Eça de Queirós, widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of Portuguese literature. Rich in psychological depth and social insight, this powerful work paints a vivid portrait of aristocratic life, intellectual ambition, and moral decline in 19th-century Lisbon. At the center of the story is the Maia family, whose fortunes and ... Read more

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  • The Crime of Father Amaro

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    The Crime of Father Amaro is a bold and uncompromising novel by Eça de Queirós, widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of Portuguese realism. In this powerful work, Queirós delivers a penetrating critique of religious hypocrisy, moral corruption, and the oppressive social structures of 19th-century provincial life. The story follows Amaro Vieira, a young priest whose vocation is shaped less by ... Read more

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  • O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra

    by Eça de Queirós, Ramalho Ortigão ...
    O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra é um romance da autoria conjunta de Eça de Queirós e de Ramalho Ortigão. Foi publicado no Diário de Notícias, de Lisboa, sob a forma de cartas anónimas, entre 24 de Julho e 27 de Setembro de 1870, recebendo a primeira versão em livro em 1884. É a primeira narrativa de cariz policial da literatura portuguesa, e marca a estreia literária de Eça de Queirós, em ... Read more

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  • Our Lady of the Pillar

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    The story centers around a wealthy landowner, Manuel da Silva, who owns a large estate known as the Paço de Lobo. Manuel is a man of considerable influence in his community, and his wealth and power come from his extensive landholdings. The novel delves into his complex relationships with those around him, including his family, his servants, and the local townspeople.The central conflict of the ... Read more

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  • Ecos de Paris

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    Esta obra apresenta um roteiro a partir da vivência do autor no decorrer de três décadas visitando a Cidade Luz, Paris, relatado através de 40 cartas que compõem o livro. ... Read more

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  • The City & the Mountains

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    The City & the Mountains is a witty and thought-provoking novel by Eça de Queirós that contrasts the glittering promises of modern urban life with the quiet authenticity of the countryside. Through sharp satire and elegant storytelling, Queirós explores the tension between progress and simplicity, sophistication and sincerity, illusion and truth. The story follows Jacinto, a wealthy and cultured ... Read more

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  • Adam and Eve in Paradise

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    Translated by Margaret Jull Costa ...
    Never before in English, this delectable novella offers a hilarious new version of Genesis, where, rather than living in innocent bliss, Adam and Eve live in terror of being stomped by an IchthyosaurusGloriously translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Adam and Eve in Paradise by Eça de Queirósis not the rosy prelapsarian tale of your childhood Bible: yellow-eyed Adam is a slope-browed Neanderthal all ... Read more

    $9.39 USD

  • O Primo Basílio

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    "Deve chegar por estes dias a Lisboa, vindo de Bordéus, o Sr. Basílio de Brito, bem conhecido da nossa sociedade. Sua Excelência, que, como é sabido, tinha partido para o Brasil, onde se diz reconstituíra a sua fortuna com um honrado trabalho, anda viajando pela Europa desde o começo do ano passado. A sua volta à capital é um verdadeiro júbilo para os amigos de Sua Excelência, que são numerosos." ... Read more

    $2.50 USD

  • José Matias

    by José Maria de Eça de Queirós ...
    "José Matias," the tale of a madly romantic man of leisure who is going to his grave accompanied by a very brief procession of carriages, highlights the gentle irony—equal parts affection and sarcasm—that makes the work of the great nineteenth-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós seem much closer to contemporary readers than it might appear from a glance at the dates of Eça's ... Read more

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  • O Mandarim

    by Eça de Queirós ...
    "Eu chamo-me Teodoro – e fui amanuense do Ministério do Reino.Nesse tempo vivia eu à Travessa da Conceição n.º106, na casa de hóspedes da D. Augusta, a esplêndida D. Augusta, viúva do major Marques. Tinha dois companheiros: o Cabrita, empregado na Administração do Bairro Central, esguio e amarelo como uma tocha de enterro; e o possante, o exuberante tenente Couceiro, grande tocador de viola ... Read more

    $1.31 USD

  • The Treasure

    by José Maria de Eça de Queirós ...
    In "The Treasure," three down-at-heel noblemen, the de Medranhos brothers, stumble across a chest full of Moorish gold in the forest of Roquelanes and plan to carry it up the mountains to their wrecked manor, the Paços de Medranhos. The brothers' plan, it goes without saying, fails.Genre: short storyWords: 2,600 ... Read more

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  • The Wet Nurse

    by José Maria de Eça de Queirós ...
    A slave, wet nurse to her mistress the queen's son, the crown prince, defends her charge from the dead king's bastard half brother, a vile would-be usurper, at great cost to herself.Genre: short taleWords: 2,030Date of translation: 2011 ... Read more

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