Eca de Queiroz’s sharply satirical work aimed to expose the hypocrisies of his age. In The Mandarin his lascivious anti-heroes Teodoro and Teodorico, are dragged from their narrow Lisbon lives…

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Depois de criticar a provincia em O Crime do Padre Amaro , nesta obra Eca volta-se agora para a cidade, a fim de sondar e analisar as mesmas mazelas, desta…

Queiroz schickt seine Hauptfigur auf Pilgerfahrt ins Heilige Land; erz hlerisches Glanzst ck ist eine getr umte Zeitreise ins Jerusalem zur Zeit von Jesu Kreuzigung…. Jos Maria E a de…

Teodorico, 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…