01937cam a22003253u 4500 23145 UtSlPG 20260610133530.0 m cr n 260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 33000266 UtSlPG pt iso639-1 PQ Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900 A Illustre Casa de Ramires Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2007 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrious_House_of_Ramires Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ilustre_Casa_de_Ramires Release date is 2007-10-22 Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).) "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 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23145 64197 64197