El Mandarín by Eça de Queirós

"El Mandarín" by Eça de Queirós is a novella published in 1880. When Lisbon clerk Teodoro reads about a wealthy Chinese mandarin in an old book, he faces a terrible temptation: ring a bell, and the distant stranger dies—leaving Teodoro his fortune. After succumbing, Teodoro inherits vast wealth but finds himself consumed by guilt. His journey to China seeking redemption leads to unexpected dangers and moral complications that test whether his crime can ever be undone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900
Title El Mandarín
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandarin_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_mandar%C3%ADn_(novela)
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 48.0 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Fiction
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EBook-No. 18228
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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