The Illustrious House of Ramires
Title | The Illustrious House of Ramires PDF eBook |
Author | Eça de Queirós |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780811212649 |
Goncalo Ramires, last heir to the most noble house of Portugal, is writing a book on his ancestors in the hope some of the glory will rub off on him. In counter-pointing Goncalo's cowardice with the valor of his ancestors, Queiroz (1845-1900) was identifying him with Portugal itself. Queiroz has been called the Dickens of Portugal.
The Illustrious House of Ramires
Title | The Illustrious House of Ramires PDF eBook |
Author | Eça de Queirós |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1918 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Fiction |
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The Illustrious House of Ramires
Title | The Illustrious House of Ramires PDF eBook |
Author | José Maria de Eça de Queirós |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | 458 |
Release | 2017-05-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0811226980 |
In a brilliant new translation, the wonderful penultimate novel by Eça de Queirós: “Portugal's greatest novelist” (José Saramago) The Illustrious House of Ramires, presented here in a sparkling new translation by Margaret Jull Costa, is the favorite novel of many Eça de Queirós aficionados. This late masterpiece, wickedly funny and yet profoundly tender, centers on Gonçalo Ramires, heir to a family so aristocratic that it predates even the kings of Portugal. Gonçalo—charming but disastrously effete, idealistic but hopelessly weak—muddles through his pampered life, burdened by a grand ambition. He is determined to write a great historical novel based on the heroic deeds of his fierce medieval ancestors. But “the record of their valor,” as The London Spectator remarked, “is ironically counterpointed by his own chicanery. A combination of Don Quixote and Walter Mitty, Ramires is continually humiliated but at the same time kindhearted. Ironic comedy is the keynote of the novel. Eça de Queirós has justly been compared with Flaubert and Stendhal."
A Illustre Casa de Ramires . the Illustrious House of Ramires
Title | A Illustre Casa de Ramires . the Illustrious House of Ramires PDF eBook |
Author | j. m. de Eca de queiroz |
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Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1968 |
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The illustrious House of Ramires. Tr. (from the Portuguese) by Ann Stevens
Title | The illustrious House of Ramires. Tr. (from the Portuguese) by Ann Stevens PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 309 |
Release | 1968 |
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A provincial scion runs for political office under the patronage of an old foe.
The Illustrious House of Ramires [by] Eça de Queiroz
Title | The Illustrious House of Ramires [by] Eça de Queiroz PDF eBook |
Author | Eça de Queirós |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 310 |
Release | 1968 |
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The Illustrious House of Ramires /c[by] Eça de Queiróz. Translated by Ann Stevens
Title | The Illustrious House of Ramires /c[by] Eça de Queiróz. Translated by Ann Stevens PDF eBook |
Author | Eça de Queirós |
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Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1968 |
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