A Relíquia by Eça de Queirós
"A Relíquia" by Eça de Queirós is a novel published in 1887. The story follows Teodorico Raposo, a hypocritical young man who pretends to be devout to inherit his wealthy aunt's fortune. He embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he leads a profane life while planning to bring back a sacred relic. A fateful mix-up exposes his deception before an audience of priests and devout followers, leading to dramatic
consequences that force him to confront his own duplicity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Relíquia |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Relic_(Queiroz_novel) Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rel%C3%ADquia |
| Credits | Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 17515 |
| Release Date | Jan 14, 2006 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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