A Illustre Casa de Ramires by Eça de Queirós
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"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 | Oct 22, 2007 |
| Last Update | Feb 26, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 15231 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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