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Release date is 2007-10-22

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"A Ilustre Casa de Ramires" by Eça de Queirós is a realist novel published in 1900. The story follows Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, a nobleman from a small Portuguese town who aspires to enter politics. To gain recognition, he writes a historical novel about his thirteenth-century ancestor, a valiant knight. Yet his literary talents prove questionable, and his moral character equally dubious. Through parallel narratives of past heroism and present mediocrity, Eça crafts a sharp commentary on Portuguese society and tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Originally published: Porto: Livraria Chardron De Lello & Irmão, editores, 1900

This ebook uses a beginning of the 20th century spelling