Eça de Queirós





Eça de Queirós

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born
November 25, 1845 in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

died
August 16, 1900

gender
male

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About this author

José Maria de Eça de Queirós or Eça de Queiroz (November 25, 1845 – August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. The London Observer critics rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, and in many of his private letters he even invokes Jesus and uses expressions typical of Catholics, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, and of Christianity in general (also Protestant churches) as is evident in some of his novels.

He used the old-fashioned spelling "Eça de Queiroz" and this is the form that appears on many editions of his works; the modern standard Portuguese spelling is "Eç...more


Average rating: 3.90 · 6,014 ratings · 287 reviews · 77 distinct works
Os Maias
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 2,505 ratings — published 1888 — 37 editions
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O Primo Basílio
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 1878 — 30 editions
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A cidade e as serras
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 646 ratings — published 1901 — 35 editions
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The Crime of Father Amaro
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Contos
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1902 — 18 editions
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The Relic
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1887 — 34 editions
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The Mandarin: And Other Sto...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1880 — 2 editions
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A Ilustre Casa de Ramires
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1900 — 32 editions
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A Capital
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1925 — 7 editions
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More books by Eça de Queirós…
“Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently, and for the same reason.”
Eça de Queirós

“É extraordinário! Neste abençoado país todos os políticos têm «imenso talento». A oposição confessa sempre que os ministros, que ela cobre de injúrias, tem, à parte os disparates que fazem, um «talento de primeira ordem»! Por outro lado a maioria admite que a oposição, a quem ela contantemente recrimina pelos disparates que fez, está cheia de «robustíssimos talentos»! De resto todo o mundo concorda que o país é uma choldra. E resulta portanto este facto supracómico: um país governado «com imenso talento», que é de todos na Europa, segundo o consenso unânime, o mais estùpidamente governado! Eu proponho isto, a ver: que, como os talentos sempre falham, se experimentem uma vez os imbecis!”
Eça de Queirós, Os Maias

“A religião! A religião é o desenvolvimento sumptuoso de um instinto rudimentar comum a todos os brutos, o terror.”
Eça de Queirós, A cidade e as serras

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