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Teodorico Raposo, the novel's anti-hero, is a master of deceit; one minute feigning devotion in front of his rich, pious aunt, in order to inherit her money, the next indulging in debauchery. Spurred on by the desire to please his aunt, and in order to get away from his unfaithful... Read Full Overview

Teodorico Raposo, the novel's anti-hero, is a master of deceit, one minute feigning devotion to his rich, pious aunt in order to inherit her money; the next, indulging in debauchery. Spurred on by the desire to please his aunt, and in order to get away from his unfaithful mistress,... Read Full Overview

The Relic is an irreverent fictional autobiography narrating the picaresque adventures of Teodorico, a Portuguese playboy determined to be the sole heir of his absurdly pious, sexually repressed, and tyrannical Auntie. Sent to the Holy Land, he returns with what he presumes... Read Full Overview

Bem-vindo ao maravilhoso mundo de Ea de Queirs. Nesta edio clssica do seu romance A Relquia, trazemos at si a melhor edio esta admirvel pea literria do final do sculo XIX e incio do sculo XX.A Relquia foi inicialmente publicado em 1887, no Porto. A sua epgrafe - "Sobre a nudez... Read Full Overview

E a de Queir s, cr tico perspicaz y extraordinario novelista, nos ofrece en una de sus obras m s memorables un divertido y mordaz fresco de la sociedad portuguesa de su tiempo. Con hiriente mordacidad y agudo sentido del humor, nos advierte de los excesos del catolicismo fundamentalista... Read Full Overview

The Relic tells the story of an orphaned young man, Teodorico Raposo, who is brought to Lisbon from a provincial town in Portugal to live with his aunt, a rigid, stern-and oftentimes-forbidding Catholic. Her devout circle of acquaintances is made up almost entirely of priests,... Read Full Overview

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"A Rel quia" from E a de Queir s. Um dos mais importantes escritores lusos (1845-1900).

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In "Die Reliquie" entfaltet Jos Maria E a de Queiroz seine scharfsinnige Sozialkritik in Form eines eindringlichen Romans, der das Leben und die Verstrickungen des portugiesischen B rgertums im sp ten 19. Jahrhundert beleuchtet. Der Protagonist, ein junger Priester, durchlebt... Read Full Overview

Jos Maria de E a de Queiroz (P voa de Varzim, 25 de novembro de 1845 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 16 de agosto de 1900), escritor e ensa sta, foi um dos nomes mais importantes da literatura portuguesa. De nome completo Jos Maria de E a de Queir s nasceu a Novembro de 1845, numa casa... Read Full Overview