Aug 04, 2012 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. At age 16, he went to coimbra to study law at the university of coimbra. Alberto n 1611899 f 2511938 antonio n 28121889 f 1651968 jose maria n 2611888 f 261928 maria n 1611887 f 1970 joao gaspar simoes pessoas importantes 7. Set in lisbon at the close of the nineteenth century, the maias is both a coming ofage novel and a passionate romance. Zola considered him to be far greater than flaubert. Its taken forever to get a fine translation in english of his greatest book, the maias. In a long book over 600 pages no detail is forgotten, and a convincing picture of mid 19th century lisbon is built up.
Maia is the name of a fictional family, although some episodes fit into the history of the real maia family. Kindle store go search todays deals vouchers amazonbasics best. Thank you for visiting our website and your interest in our free products and services. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. In the london observer, jonathan keates ranked him alongside dickens, balzac and tolstoy. E um romance realista com tracos naturalistas onde nao faltam o fatalismo, a analise social, as peripecias e a catastrofe.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. He is considered to be one of the greatest portuguese novelists and is certainly the leading 19thcentury portuguese novelist. The city and the mountains, was an outstanding realist novelist. In the first half of the 20th century, aquilino ribeiro was an exceptional regional novelist. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Set in the milieu of the 19th century portuguese aristocracy already an exotic world for englishspeakers, the maias tells the tale of three generations of a great and noble family, following. Funny, well written, with a good plot and a wonderful scoundrel theodorico raposo for the main character. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
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