by Eça de Queirós · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432038600
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«El primo Basilio» is the realist novel by Eça de Queirós, published by Planeta in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Luísa leads a monotonous life in nineteenth-century Lisbon. The arrival of her cousin Basilio rekindles an old relationship and pushes her into adultery that triggers blackmail. Through this domestic drama, Eça de Queirós portrays social hypocrisy, bourgeois tedium, and the decadence of Portuguese society of his time.
The novel, subtitled «episodio doméstico», was originally published in 1878; this edition includes an introduction by Basilio Losada.
Aimed at readers of realist fiction and nineteenth-century classics, with an interest in social criticism and Portuguese literature.
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.
