Contos (Eça de Queiroz)

Collection of short stories by the Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós

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Contos Author| Eça de Queiroz

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Language| Portuguese

Publication date

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Contos is a collection of short stories by the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1902, two years after his death.

## Story titles

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* Singularidades de uma rapariga loura (The Idiosyncracies of a Young Blonde Woman). Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories[1]
* Um poeta lírico (A Lyric Poet). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories[2]
* No moinho (The Mill). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories[2]
* Civilização (Civilization)
* O tesouro (The Treasure). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories[2]
* Frei Genebro (Friar Genebro). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories[2]
* Adão e Eva no Paraíso (Adam and Eve in Paradise)
* A aia (The Nurse). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories[2]
* O defunto (The Hanged Man: literally, The Defunct One). Published in English as The Mandarin and other stories[1]
* José Matias. Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories[1]
* A perfeição (The Perfection)
* O suave milagre (The Sweet Miracle). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories[2]

Singularidades de uma rapariga Loura (Peculiarities of a Fair-haired Gir) was adapted to cinema by Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira in 2009. See Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.

## References

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1. ^ a b c De Queiroz, Eça (2009). The Mandarin and Other Stories. Dedalus. ISBN 9781903517802.
2. ^ a b c d e f De Queiroz, Eça (2012). Alves & Co (Dedalus European Classics ed.). United Kingdom: Dedalus. ISBN 9781903517895.

## External links

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* (in Portuguese) Contos public domain audiobook at LibriVox

* Portugal portal

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Works by Eça de Queiroz

Novels|

* The Mystery of the Sintra Road (1870) (co-written with Ramalho Ortigão)
* O Crime do Padre Amaro (1875)
* O Primo Basílio (1878)
* The Mandarin (1880)
* The Relic (1887)
* Os Maias (1888)
* The Illustrious House of Ramires (1900)
* The City and the Mountains (1901)
* Alves & Co. (1925)
* To the Capital (1925)
* The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers (1980)

Novellas|

* Saint Christopher (1912)

Other works|

* As Farpas (periodical)
* Contos (short stories)
* Cartas de Inglaterra (journalism)

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