A Relíquia by Eça de Queirós

"A Relíquia" by Eça de Queirós is a novel published in 1887. The story follows Teodorico Raposo, a hypocritical young man who pretends to be devout to inherit his wealthy aunt's fortune. He embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he leads a profane life while planning to bring back a sacred relic. A fateful mix-up exposes his deception before an audience of priests and devout followers, leading to dramatic consequences that force him to confront his own duplicity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900
Title A Relíquia
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Relic_(Queiroz_novel) Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rel%C3%ADquia
Credits Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 53.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Portuguese
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 17515
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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