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The Relic
A Relíquia
Eça de Queirós
Realism
1887
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The Relic
Original title: A Relíquia (Português)
Eça de Queirós
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As it was written: Português
The story
Teodorico feigns devotion to inherit from his pious aunt, travels to the Holy Land and brings back the wrong relic: Eça at his most comic.
About the author
José Maria Eça de Queirós (1845–1900) gave Portuguese prose the irony and precision of gaze that defined Iberian realism.
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