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471 pages • first pub 1875 (editions)
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Language: English
Publisher: New Directions
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Eça de Queirs's novel is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal during a period before and after the 1871 Paris Commune.Young, virile Father Amaro arrives in Leira and is taken in as a lodger by São Joaneira. Her budding, devo...
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471 pages • first pub 1875 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Eça de Queirs's novel is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal during a period before and after the 1871 Paris Commune.Young, virile Father Amaro arrives in Leira and is taken in as a lodger by São Joaneira. Her budding, devo...