A Illustre Casa de Ramires by Eça de Queirós

"A Ilustre Casa de Ramires" by Eça de Queirós is a realist novel published in 1900. The story follows Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, a nobleman from a small Portuguese town who aspires to enter politics. To gain recognition, he writes a historical novel about his thirteenth-century ancestor, a valiant knight. Yet his literary talents prove questionable, and his moral character equally dubious. Through parallel narratives of past heroism and present mediocrity, Eça crafts a sharp commentary on Portuguese society and tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900
LoC No. 33000266
Title A Illustre Casa de Ramires
Original Publication Porto:
Livraria Chardron
De Lello & Irmão, editores
1900
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrious_House_of_Ramires Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ilustre_Casa_de_Ramires
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).)
Language Note This ebook uses a beginning of the 20th century spelling
Reading Level Reading ease score: 56.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Portuguese
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category Text
eBook-No. 23145
Release Date
Last Update Feb 26, 2018
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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