Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_and_the_Mountains Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cidade_e_as_Serras

Release date is 2006-04-21

Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

"A Cidade e as Serras" by Eça de Queirós is a novel published in 1901. It follows Jacinto de Tormes, a wealthy devotee of urban progress and civilization, who leaves his comfortable life in Paris for the rural mountains of Portugal. Stripped of modern conveniences through mishap, he discovers unexpected fulfillment in the countryside's simplicity. The novel contrasts city sophistication with rural authenticity, ultimately exploring how Portugal's elite might balance technological progress with genuine connection to their land and culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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This ebook uses a beginning of the 20th century spelling.
A spelling modernization following Standard Portuguese from the beginning of the 21st century is included as a link from the html file.