The Illustrious House of Ramires (Revived Modern Classic) - Softcover

Eca De Queiros; De Queiroz, Eca; Stevens, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811212645 ISBN 13: 9780811212649

Publisher: New Directions, 1994

Synopsis

"Eça de Queiros (1845-1900) ought to be," as the London Observer stated, "up there with Balzac, Dickens, and Tolstoy as one of the talismanic names of the nineteenth century." His superlative penultimate novel, The Illustrious House of Ramires (1900) centers on Gonçalo Ramires, heir to the most noble family of Portugal. Gonçalo, charming but disastrously effete, muddles through his life while writing a historical novel based on the heroic deeds of his ancestors. "The record of their valour is ironically counterpointed by his own chicanery. A combination of Don Quixote and Walter Mitty, he is continually humiliated [but he] is at the same time kindhearted .... Ironic comedy is the keynote of the novel .... Eça de Queiros has justly been compared with Flaubert and Stendhal."(The London Spectator)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This story centers on Goncalo Ramires, heir to the most noble family of Portugal. Goncalo, charming but disastrously effete, muddles through his life while writing a historical novel based on the heroic deeds of his ancestors.

About the Author:

One of the leading intellectuals of the "Generation of 1870," José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845-1900) wrote twenty books, founded literary reviews, and for most of his life also worked as a diplomat, in Havana, London, and Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0811212645
• ISBN 13: 9780811212649
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324