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The Illustrious House of Ramires
Langbeschreibung
First published in 1900, the year of Eça de Queiroz's death, the book portrays Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, the latest member of an aristocratic family that predates even the kings of Portugal. In the isolation of the gloomy ancient tower of Santa Ireneia, Gonçalo rehearses the feats of derring-do of an uninterrupted line of ancestors whose most recent contribution is himself, 'a graduate who had failed his third year examinations at university'. Hoping to win some small scholarly reputation and thus secure a political future in the capital, Gonçalo sets out to portray, à la Walter Scott, the adventures of one such ancestor. Eça de Queiroz's luxurious prose lends itself well to both the subtle irony of his morality play and the beauty of a decrepit Portuguese estate with its autumn sun, wilting flowers, faded portraits and other reminders of a bloody and powerful past.
Eca de Queiroz (1845-1900) is considered to be Portugal's greatest novelist.Dedalus has made all his major works available in English in new translations by Margaret Jull Costa. The ten titles published are: The Mandarin, The Relic, The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers, The Crime of Father Amaro, Cousin Bazilio, The Maias, The City and The Mountains, Alves & Co and The Mystery of Sintra Road and The Illustrious house of Ramires.
ISBN-13:
9781910213605
Veröffentl:
2017
Seiten:
424
Autor:
Eça de Queiroz
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
6 - ePub Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
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