O crime do padre Amaro, scenas da vida devota by Eça de Queirós
"O crime do padre Amaro, scenas da vida devota" by Eça de Queirós is a novel published in 1875. In a provincial Portuguese city steeped in religious devotion and gossip, a young priest without true vocation arrives to take up his post. He lodges with a pious widow and her daughter Amélia, where sacred duties clash with forbidden desires. As debates about faith swirl around them, Amaro and Amélia are drawn into
a passionate affair that will test the boundaries of morality and lead to devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title | O crime do padre Amaro, scenas da vida devota |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Crime_do_Padre_Amaro Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Crime_do_Padre_Amaro |
| 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: 56.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Portugal -- Fiction |
| Subject | Catholic Church -- Portugal -- Fiction |
| Subject | Priests -- Portugal -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 31971 |
| Release Date | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 922 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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