by José Maria Eça de Queiroz · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437621845
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«La ilustre casa de Ramires» is the classic novel by José Maria Eça de Queiroz, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, a ruined young Portuguese nobleman living at the Santa Irenia estate, decides to write a story about his ancestors. The novel alternates his life in the decadent fin-de-siècle society with the deeds of one of his twelfth-century ancestors, narrated by the protagonist himself. Eça de Queiroz offers a satire of the Portuguese nobility of his time.
Edition by Rosa Eugenia Montes Doncel, with introduction, text and notes. Letras Universales collection from Cátedra. The novel was originally published in 1900.
For readers of classic European fiction and nineteenth-century Portuguese literature, interested in social satire with historical setting.
