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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A fierce, visionary account of Portugal under Napoleon's shadow, now available in English.In King Junot, Portuguese modernist writer Raul Brandão turns the French invasion of Portugal into something far greater than a military episode. This is not a conventional history of generals, treaties, and campaigns; it is a dramatic meditation on fear, decadence, revolt, faith, empire, and the suffering of ordinary people caught in the machinery of power.At the center of the book stands Jean-Andoche Junot, Napoleon's general, who entered Lisbon in 1807 and briefly ruled Portugal in the name of imperial France. Around him Brandão gathers a vast and unforgettable cast: Napoleon, the Portuguese royal court fleeing to Brazil, frightened ministers, compromised nobles, friars, soldiers, peasants, satirists, conspirators, and the restless crowds of Lisbon and the provinces.Written in Brandão's intense, poetic, and often prophetic prose, King Junot blends historical documentation with literary force. It evokes the collapse of an old world and the birth of a new one through invasion, humiliation, popular resistance, and political awakening. The result is a powerful work of historical literature: part chronicle, part essay, part national tragedy.This complete English translation brings to modern readers one of Raul Brandão's most striking works - a book essential for anyone interested in the Napoleonic Wars, the Peninsular War, Portuguese history, literary history, and the drama of Europe in revolution.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Mystery of Christmas is Henrique Coelho Netto's poetic and devotional reimagining of the birth of Christ, written with the rich cadence, symbolic intensity, and dramatic elegance that made him one of the most celebrated Brazilian prose writers of the early twentieth century.Rather than presenting the Nativity merely as a familiar religious episode, Coelho Netto transforms it into a vivid spiritual drama: the journey, the expectation, the poverty of the manger, the awe of creation, the adoration of humble shepherds, and the arrival of the Magi all unfold in language of great beauty and solemnity.This edition offers an integral English translation of the original Portuguese work, preserving its biblical atmosphere, lyrical rhythm, and sacred tone while making it accessible to contemporary readers. Ideal for lovers of classic Christian literature, Brazilian literary heritage, public-domain classics, and Christmas devotional reading, The Mystery of Christmas invites the reader to encounter the Nativity not only as history, but as wonder.A moving literary meditation on faith, humility, prophecy, and divine light. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A haunting literary reimagining of Judas Iscariot, rendered in a lyrical and dramatic prose that gives voice to one of the most enigmatic figures in biblical history.First published in Lisbon in 1901, Judas: A Lyrical Romance in Four Journeys is Augusto de Lacerda's bold meditation on betrayal, conscience, desire, faith, and destiny. Rather than presenting Judas merely as a symbol of treachery, Lacerda explores him as a tormented human being caught between spiritual longing, political expectation, personal passion, and the terrible weight of history.Structured in four "journeys," the novel unfolds with the cadence of a sacred drama. Its language is poetic, intense, and theatrical, moving through the atmosphere of ancient Jerusalem while examining the moral abyss that separates devotion from disillusionment. Readers interested in biblical fiction, literary classics, theological imagination, and psychological portraits of misunderstood figures will find in this work a rare and powerful rediscovery from Portuguese literature.This English edition brings a classic to new readers, preserving the solemn beauty and emotional force of Lacerda's original vision. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A haunting Renaissance classic of love, exile, memory, and longing-now available in English.Saudades: The Story of a Maiden and a Young Woman is one of the great early works of Portuguese prose fiction and a landmark of Iberian pastoral literature. Written by Bernardim Ribeiro in the sixteenth century, this deeply lyrical romance opens with one of the most memorable voices in Portuguese letters: a young woman, taken far from home, looking back upon a life transformed by love, loss, and remembrance.Blending pastoral beauty, courtly emotion, philosophical melancholy, and the uniquely Portuguese feeling of saudade, Ribeiro creates a world where memory is more powerful than presence, love is inseparable from suffering, and every story seems to echo another hidden grief. The novel moves through confessions, encounters, and tales of devotion, revealing a delicate emotional landscape in which the inner life becomes the true setting of the narrative.This English translation preserves the solemn cadence, poetic density, and antique tenderness of the original while making the work accessible to modern readers. For lovers of Renaissance literature, early European fiction, Portuguese classics, and meditative stories of longing, Saudades offers a rare encounter with one of the foundational voices of Portugal's literary imagination.A timeless book for readers drawn to love, memory, solitude, and the beauty of sorrow. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A luminous rediscovery of Portuguese literature, now presented in English.Nights in Cintra is a charming literary journey into one of Portugal's most romantic landscapes: the moonlit hills, gardens, palaces, roads, and legends of Cintra. Written with wit, nostalgia, and delicate irony, Alberto Pimentel's novel follows a group of friends who leave Lisbon in search of beauty, pleasure, conversation, and escape. What begins as an excursion soon becomes a tapestry of memory, sentiment, humor, and poetic observation.In this elegant work, Cintra is more than a setting. It is a living presence: mysterious, theatrical, seductive, and deeply tied to Portugal's cultural imagination. Pimentel captures the atmosphere of a vanished world, where friendship, courtship, literary allusion, and social comedy meet under the shadow of old estates and ancient hills.This complete English translation preserves the spirit of the original Portuguese text while making the work accessible to contemporary readers. Ideal for lovers of classic European fiction, Portuguese literature, literary travel writing, and atmospheric nineteenth-century storytelling, Nights in Cintra offers a rare opportunity to encounter a forgotten voice from Portugal's literary past. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A forgotten theatrical gem from one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century writers, now brought to English readers in a carefully edited translation.Macario's Assassin is a sharp, lively, and ironic three-act comedy by Camilo Castelo Branco, one of the most influential figures of Portuguese literature. In this compact yet spirited stage work, Camilo blends mistaken intentions, social satire, domestic intrigue, and comic exaggeration with the verbal agility that made him famous.The play unfolds around suspicions, misunderstandings, and the dramatic weight of appearances. Beneath its humorous surface, it reveals the anxieties of honor, reputation, marriage, class expectation, and public judgment in nineteenth-century Portuguese society. Camilo's wit turns everyday tensions into theatrical absurdity, allowing the reader to see how easily pride and fear can transform ordinary life into farce.This edition includes a translator's preface, editorial notes, translator's notes after each act, and a concluding afterword designed to help modern readers appreciate the historical, linguistic, and cultural context of the work.Ideal for readers of classic European drama, Portuguese literature, nineteenth-century satire, and rediscovered public-domain works, Macario's Assassin offers a rare opportunity to encounter Camilo Castelo Branco beyond his better-known novels. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A forgotten Portuguese historical novel of intrigue, faith, betrayal, and revenge-now available in English.Set in sixteenth-century Portugal during the reign of King John III, The New Christian brings readers into a world of royal jealousy, religious suspicion, courtly ambition, and hidden violence. At the center of the story stands the mysterious Badage, a powerful and defiant figure whose fate becomes entangled with kings, priests, nobles, inquisitors, and the machinery of the Portuguese court.Diogo de Macedo's novel blends political drama, historical fiction, and moral conflict, portraying a society where loyalty is fragile, forgiveness is rare, and private vengeance can move behind the mask of public virtue. From royal banquets and hunting grounds to secret prisons and the shadow of the Holy Office, the narrative unfolds with the intensity of a nineteenth-century historical romance and the atmosphere of a dark Iberian tragedy.This English edition preserves the elevated tone of the original while making the novel accessible to modern readers. It includes translator's notes, a preface, and an afterword to guide readers through the historical, religious, and literary context of the work.Perfect for readers of classic historical fiction, Portuguese literature, religious drama, and forgotten nineteenth-century novels. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Unfortunate: Stories from Life is an English translation of Infelizes: Historias Vividas, a remarkable collection by Portuguese writer and feminist pioneer Ana de Castro Osorio. Through a series of intimate and deeply human stories, Osorio gives literary voice to those often pushed to the margins of society: poor women, abandoned children, servants, the elderly, rural workers, widows, nuns, mothers, and solitary figures marked by poverty, illness, injustice, and loss.Written with moral clarity and emotional restraint, these stories reveal a world shaped by rigid social expectations, gender inequality, class hardship, religious custom, and rural dispossession. Yet Osorio's characters are never reduced to mere victims. They endure, remember, suffer, resist, and preserve their dignity even when society refuses to see them fully.This edition includes a translator's preface, editorial notes, chapter-by-chapter translation notes, and an afterword, offering historical and cultural context for modern readers. Carefully translated and prepared for contemporary English-language audiences, The Unfortunate: Stories from Life is an essential work for readers interested in Portuguese literature, women writers, feminist literary history, social realism, and forgotten public-domain classics. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A haunting collection of Portuguese symbolist tales, now presented in English for modern readers.In Restless Evening: Stories, Antonio Patricio invites the reader into a world of feverish beauty, spiritual unrest, psychological tension, and luminous decay. First published in 1920 as Serao Inquieto, this collection gathers six remarkable prose works: "Dialogue with an Eagle," "The Precocious Child," "The Man of the Fountains," "Suze," "Veiga," and "Words."Patricio's fiction moves between dream and confession, satire and tragedy, tenderness and cruelty. His characters are often caught at the edge of revelation: a child too sensitive for the world, a man haunted by water and memory, a fading romantic soul, a woman rendered through fragments of desire and illusion, and voices struggling to give shape to the unsayable.Elegant, intense, and atmospheric, these stories belong to the fin-de-siecle tradition of European symbolism while remaining distinctly Portuguese in their melancholy, irony, and lyrical force. This edition offers a complete English translation, accompanied by editorial notes that preserve the historical and literary texture of the original.For readers of decadent literature, symbolist prose, psychological fiction, and overlooked European classics, Restless Evening is an extraordinary rediscovery. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, A Gazelle's Paw is a sparkling Brazilian classic of romance, irony, and social observation. When the wealthy Horacio becomes captivated by a single lost slipper, he imagines an ideal woman from that tantalizing clue alone. But as he pursues the beautiful Amelia, he finds himself opposed by Leopoldo, a man whose love is rooted not in fantasy, but in character and feeling. First published in 1870, the novel turns a Cinderella-like premise into a sharp, elegant story about vanity, desire, appearances, and the difference between superficial fascination and genuine devotion.With wit, charm, and emotional precision, Jose de Alencar crafts a courtship novel that is both entertaining and quietly incisive. Beneath its grace and lightness lies a modern question: do we love people as they are, or as we imagine them to be? This edition invites new readers into one of the finest urban romances of Brazilian literature. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Portugal, 1808. Beneath the splendour of Lisbon's Corpus Christi procession, resistance to French occupation is approaching its breaking point. Conspirators gather, police agents listen at doors, armies move toward the coast, and private loyalties become as dangerous as public rebellion. Armand d'Aubry is a French officer divided between military honour and his love for the Portuguese Leonor. Manuel Coutinho, his rival and adversary, serves a country struggling to recover its freedom. As Junot's regime weakens and British forces land in Portugal, the destinies of soldiers, patriots, families, and informers converge at the Battle of Vimeiro. Luiz Augusto Rebello da Silva combines historical reconstruction, political satire, Gothic atmosphere, romance, and battlefield drama in the second and final volume of The House of Ghosts. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In The Intruder, Julia Lopes de Almeida transforms a household into a battlefield of memory, class, jealousy, and desire. After the death of his wife, the widower Argemiro tries to preserve his grief as a sacred relic, but the arrival of Alice Galba, a quiet and capable governess, unsettles the fragile order of his home. Between a possessive grandmother, a strong-willed daughter, ambitious social climbers, and the constant pressure of appearances, every room becomes charged with suspicion and meaning. Elegant, psychologically sharp, and rich in social observation, this Brazilian classic is both a domestic drama and a subtle novel of moral conflict, in which love must pass through pride, mourning, and judgment before it can be recognized. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Two classic Brazilian romances of love, fate, secrecy, and devotion-translated from the Portuguese with an introduction and notes.First published in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, A Little Widow and Five Minutes brings together two early romantic works by Jose de Alencar, one of Brazil's most influential literary voices. In these elegant and deeply sentimental novellas, love is tested by honor, illness, misunderstanding, social duty, and the mysterious power of memory.In A Little Widow, a young bride is left mourning on the very threshold of happiness, bound to the memory of a husband whose apparent death conceals a drama of sacrifice, disgrace, and redemption. In Five Minutes, a chance delay, a fleeting encounter, and a voice heard in the darkness lead the narrator into a passionate search for an unknown woman whose secret may transform love into tragedy.Marked by lyrical prose, moral intensity, and vivid portraits of Rio de Janeiro in the 1800s, these two romances reveal Alencar's gift for combining intimate emotion with the atmosphere of a changing Brazilian society. This edition offers English-speaking readers access to two foundational works of Brazilian Romantic literature in a carefully prepared translation.A moving edition for readers of classic romance, nineteenth-century fiction, Brazilian literature, and forgotten literary treasures newly restored for modern audiences. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A haunting tale of love, pride, secrecy, and moral ruin from one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century novelists.In Carlota Angela, Camilo Castelo Branco explores the fragile boundary between passion and destruction, tracing the fate of characters bound by family expectations, social appearances, and the hidden wounds of the heart. With his characteristic intensity, irony, and psychological insight, Camilo portrays a world in which love is rarely simple, virtue is often tested, and human dignity struggles against desire, resentment, and destiny.Set within the emotional and social atmosphere of nineteenth-century Portugal, this novel offers readers a powerful example of Portuguese Romantic fiction: dramatic, intimate, morally charged, and deeply attentive to the inner lives of its characters. Behind its domestic scenes and personal conflicts lies a broader meditation on honor, suffering, forgiveness, and the tragic consequences of choices made in silence.This English edition brings Carlota Angela to a wider readership, preserving the elegance and emotional force of Camilo Castelo Branco's prose while making the novel accessible to modern readers. Complete with a preface, afterword, and translator's notes, this edition is ideal for lovers of classic literature, European Romanticism, psychological drama, and rediscovered works of world fiction. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A rediscovered Portuguese romantic novel, now presented in a refined English translation.Set amid the tranquil landscapes, riverbanks, gardens, and religious retreats of nineteenth-century Portugal, Idylls by the Water follows the emotional awakening of Eduardo Valladares, a young poet whose sensitive imagination transforms love, nature, faith, and memory into a single lyrical experience.Alberto Pimentel's novel blends romance, pastoral beauty, moral reflection, and psychological delicacy. Beneath its serene title lies a story of youthful idealism, hidden sorrow, spiritual longing, and the fragile boundary between dream and reality. With its graceful descriptions, old-world atmosphere, and distinctly Portuguese sensibility, the book offers modern readers a window into a literary world shaped by Romanticism, Catholic devotion, family honor, and the melancholy charm of bygone Portugal.This edition preserves the structure and tone of the original work while presenting it in clear, elegant English for contemporary readers. It is especially suited for lovers of classic European literature, Portuguese fiction, historical romance, and forgotten nineteenth-century novels awaiting rediscovery This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Four Novellas brings together four powerful works by Ana de Castro Osorio, one of Portugal's most important early twentieth-century women writers, educators, and feminist voices.In "The Vineyard," "The Witch," "A Child's Diary," and "The Sacrificed Woman," Osorio turns her attention to rural life, childhood memory, womanhood, superstition, poverty, social constraint, and the quiet tragedies hidden beneath ordinary domestic existence. Her prose is intimate, observant, and morally alert, revealing a world in which women and children often bear the deepest costs of family duty, social judgment, and inherited injustice.First published in 1908 as Quatro Novelas, this collection offers English-language readers a rare opportunity to discover a major Portuguese author whose literary and civic work helped shape modern discussions of education, women's rights, and social reform. These stories combine realism, psychological insight, and emotional restraint, presenting lives marked by tenderness, hardship, endurance, and sacrifice.This edition includes a new English translation, an editorial preface, translator's notes, and an afterword designed to guide contemporary readers through the literary, cultural, and historical background of the work.A compelling volume for readers of classic European literature, women's writing, Portuguese fiction, social realism, and forgotten literary voices. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A forgotten queen. A disputed throne. A kingdom divided by ambition, bloodline, and war.Queen Without a Kingdom brings to English-language readers Alberto Pimentel's dramatic historical study of fifteenth-century Iberia: a world of royal marriages, dynastic suspicion, court intrigue, military disaster, and political betrayal.At the heart of the book stands the tragic figure of Joanna, the princess whose claim to the throne of Castile became the center of one of the most consequential succession struggles in Iberian history. Born into a court poisoned by rumor and factional ambition, she was proclaimed heir, rejected by powerful nobles, and ultimately caught between Portugal and Castile, between legitimacy and accusation, between crown and convent.With the narrative force of nineteenth-century historical prose, Pimentel reconstructs the political drama surrounding King Henry IV of Castile, Queen Joanna of Portugal, Afonso V of Portugal, Isabella of Castile, and the contested succession that helped reshape the future of Spain and Portugal. This edition preserves the seriousness of the original work while presenting it in clear, polished English for modern readers.Ideal for readers of medieval history, royal biographies, Iberian politics, and historical tragedy, Queen Without a Kingdom is both a portrait of a woman denied power and a study of how dynastic conflict can alter the fate of nations. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When a young man from rural Minas Gerais arrives in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of the newly proclaimed Brazilian Republic, he expects civilization, refinement, and wonder. What he finds is far more dazzling-and far more dangerous.During eight intense days in the Federal Capital, the naive visitor is drawn into a world of elegant cafes, theaters, gambling rooms, salons, political vanity, seductive appearances, and moral confusion. Through his astonished eyes, Rio de Janeiro becomes both a spectacle and a warning: a city of brilliance, appetite, ambition, and disillusion.Originally published in the late nineteenth century, The Federal Capital: Impressions of a Sertanejo is one of Coelho Netto's sharpest portraits of urban Brazil at the dawn of the Republic. Blending satire, social observation, lyrical prose, and cultural contrast, the novel captures the clash between provincial innocence and metropolitan sophistication with humor, irony, and unexpected tenderness.This edition presents the complete English translation of A capital federal (impressoes de um sertanejo), accompanied by a translator's preface, explanatory notes, and editorial material for modern readers.Perfect for readers of Brazilian literature, nineteenth-century fiction, social satire, urban novels, and rediscovered classics of world literature. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A powerful portrait of rural Portugal, now presented in English for modern readers.Our People brings together the voices, landscapes, sorrows, faith, passions, and moral conflicts of nineteenth-century Portuguese village life. Written by Teixeira de Queiroz under the literary name Bento Moreno, this collection moves through country roads, humble homes, religious customs, family tensions, popular superstition, and the quiet tragedies of ordinary people.With the eye of a realist and the sensitivity of a storyteller deeply attentive to human character, Queiroz portrays a world in which love, poverty, devotion, pride, and fate shape the lives of men and women bound to the land and to inherited customs. These stories are intimate, dramatic, and often haunting, revealing not only "our people" of Portugal, but the universal condition of communities struggling between tradition, desire, and change.This English edition offers readers access to a significant work of Portuguese literature, preserving the atmosphere, dignity, and emotional force of the original while making it available to a wider international audience.Ideal for readers of classic European fiction, Portuguese literature, rural realism, literary naturalism, and historical short stories. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Amazon Book Description - The Farce by Raul BrandaoIn The Farce, Raul Brandao transforms a provincial Portuguese town into a stage of grief, hypocrisy, poverty, religious fear, social cruelty, and spiritual anguish. Around a deathbed, a coffin shop, old women wrapped in ritual piety, and ruined lives consumed by resentment, Brandao builds one of the most haunting psychological landscapes in Portuguese literature.At the center of the novel stands Candidinha, a woman shaped by humiliation, hunger, envy, and a lifelong thirst for revenge. Around her move Sofia, Anacleto, Joana, Antoninho, and a gallery of grotesque yet profoundly human figures, each trapped between misery and illusion. Brandao's prose is intense, atmospheric, and visionary: fog, granite, rain, death, silence, and despair become living presences.First published in the early twentieth century, The Farce is not merely a social novel. It is a dark meditation on the masks people wear, the violence hidden beneath respectability, and the tragic comedy of human existence. This English translation brings to modern readers a powerful work of Portuguese literary modernism, preserving the author's dense imagery, moral intensity, and unforgettable voice.For readers of Dostoevsky, Eca de Queiros, Camilo Castelo Branco, Jose Saramago, and European psychological fiction, The Farce offers a disturbing, poetic, and deeply original encounter with the human soul. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A darkly comic tale of vanity, greed, scandal, and moral ruin from one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century novelists.In The Executioner of Victor Hugo Jose Alves, Camilo Castelo Branco turns his sharp satirical eye upon a world of petty ambition, social pretension, family calculation, and romantic illusion. At the center of the story stands Victor Hugo Jose Alves, a man whose grand name far exceeds his moral stature, and whose descent becomes the occasion for one of Camilo's most biting portraits of human weakness.Blending irony, melodrama, social criticism, and psychological observation, the novel moves through the streets, homes, and moral compromises of Portuguese society with the wit and intensity that made Camilo one of the defining voices of nineteenth-century literature. Around Victor Hugo gather widows, daughters, opportunists, lovers, creditors, and avengers-each revealing, in turn, the comic and tragic machinery of reputation, desire, money, and power.This English edition presents the complete work in a carefully prepared translation, preserving the author's satirical force, narrative energy, and distinctive moral intelligence. It is ideal for readers of classic European fiction, Portuguese literature, literary satire, and nineteenth-century social novels. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A lost jewel of Portuguese Romantic fiction, now available in English.In early nineteenth-century Lisbon, Francisco Lourenco Gomes is more than a humble shoemaker: he is a man possessed by poetry, ambition, and the desire to rise beyond the limits imposed upon him by birth. His admiration for the celebrated poet Bocage draws him into a world where wit, vanity, social aspiration, and private sorrow are never far apart.But the true drama of Needle in a Haystack unfolds through the next generation. Fernando, Francisco's son, enters a wider European stage of exile, passion, secrecy, and wounded pride. His love for Paulina is tested by family ambition, aristocratic prejudice, political suspicion, and the cruel weight of social origin. Around them move fathers, suitors, diplomats, convents, letters, and reputations-each one tightening the moral and emotional knot.Camilo Castelo Branco combines satire, melancholy, psychological insight, and dramatic irony in a novel that moves from Lisbon to Italy and beyond. At once a romance of frustrated love and a sharp portrait of class anxiety, Needle in a Haystack reveals one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century novelists at his most elegant and incisive.This edition presents a complete English translation of Agulha em Palheiro, with editorial care intended for modern readers while preserving the intensity, irony, and emotional cadence of the original. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A bold, unsettling, and darkly witty novel from one of Brazil's great nineteenth-century masters.First published in 1896, A Mother-in-Law's Book is one of Aluisio de Azevedo's most provocative and least conventional works. At first glance, it appears to be a domestic comedy about the most feared figure in family life: the mother-in-law. But beneath its ironic surface lies a daring psychological novel about marriage, desire, motherhood, social convention, and the impossible search for lasting happiness.When a bachelor narrator visits his old friend Leandro, he expects to hear the usual complaints about Leandro's tyrannical mother-in-law. Instead, he finds a man who reveres her memory. The explanation lies in a mysterious manuscript left behind by Olympia, a fiercely intelligent woman who devoted her life to protecting her daughter from the disappointments of ordinary marriage.Through Olympia's voice, Azevedo constructs a startling critique of domestic life, exposing the tensions between love and habit, passion and respect, freedom and social respectability. Equal parts satire, confession, philosophical argument, and psychological drama, A Mother-in-Law's Book reveals a forgotten side of Brazilian Naturalism: intimate, ironic, uncomfortable, and astonishingly modern.This edition presents the novel in English translation, with an introduction, afterword, and translator's notes designed to guide contemporary readers through its cultural, historical, and linguistic context. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In Eternal Yearning, Julia Lopes de Almeida gathers thirty stories of desire, guilt, tenderness, cruelty, memory, and social constraint into a haunting portrait of the human heart. First published in 1903, this collection moves with remarkable freedom between psychological realism, tragedy, irony, and the uncanny, revealing a writer of rare emotional precision and narrative control.Again and again, Lopes de Almeida turns toward lives under pressure: women burdened by secrecy, motherhood, poverty, violence, longing, and the strict moral codes of their world. Yet these stories are never merely bleak. They are vivid, elegant, and often startling, driven by sharp reversals, unforgettable images, and an unsparing understanding of love, shame, devotion, and survival.Whether she is writing of domestic anguish, spiritual obsession, social hypocrisy, or the strange borderland between the ordinary and the grotesque, Lopes de Almeida brings intensity and compassion to every page. Eternal Yearning is both a major work of Brazilian literature and a powerful rediscovery: a collection that feels at once historical and startlingly modern.Perfect for readers of literary fiction, feminist classics, Gothic undertones, and short stories with emotional depth, this volume introduces English-language readers to one of Brazil's most important and too-long-neglected writers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In The Glass Eye, Camilo Castelo Branco leads the reader into a darkly ironic tale of family secrets, religious persecution, moral corruption, and buried guilt. Set against the shadow of the Portuguese Inquisition and the decaying world of old aristocratic houses, the novel follows a chain of revelations that begins with a mysterious past and ends in spiritual anguish.With his unmistakable blend of satire, melodrama, historical criticism, and psychological intensity, Castelo Branco exposes a society where appearances conceal cruelty, piety masks ambition, and memory itself becomes a form of punishment. At once tragic and biting, The Glass Eye is a compact but powerful example of nineteenth-century Portuguese fiction, filled with dramatic reversals, sharp social commentary, and the emotional force that made Camilo one of Portugal's most enduring literary voices.This English edition includes a translator's preface, chapter-by-chapter translator's notes, historical explanations, and an afterword designed to guide modern readers through the cultural, religious, and linguistic world of the novel.Ideal for readers of classic European literature, Gothic-inflected historical fiction, Portuguese literature in translation, and morally complex family dramas. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In Book of Consolation, Camilo Castelo Branco crafts a deeply emotional novel of love, loss, moral conflict, and inner suffering. Centered on figures such as Venceslau Taveira and Eduardo Pimenta, the story unfolds through intense personal drama, psychological tension, and the author's unmistakable gift for transforming private anguish into compelling fiction. The result is a richly layered classic that will appeal to readers of literary romance, tragic character studies, and nineteenth-century European fiction.This new English edition brings one of Camilo's lesser-known works to modern readers while preserving the emotional force, reflective depth, and literary elegance that made him one of the great voices of Portuguese fiction. Darkly human and full of feeling, Book of Consolation is both a romance and a meditation on sorrow, pride, memory, and the search for solace when life refuses easy peace. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A rare nineteenth-century psychiatric classic, now presented in English for modern readers.In Paranoia, Portuguese physician and psychiatrist Julio de Matos offers a rigorous historical and critical examination of one of the most debated concepts in nineteenth-century psychiatry. Moving across French, German, Italian, English, American, and Russian medical literature, Matos studies the evolution of paranoia as a diagnostic category, tracing its relationship to chronic delusion, hallucination, obsession, degeneration, reasoning, and the broader classification of mental illness.Originally published in an era when psychiatry was still defining its scientific vocabulary, this work captures a crucial moment in the history of mental medicine. Matos engages with major figures such as Morel, Magnan, Kraepelin, Lasegue, Falret, Tanzi, Riva, and others, comparing competing theories and terminology while developing his own critical position.This English edition is designed for readers interested in the history of psychiatry, psychology, medical humanities, nineteenth-century science, and the intellectual history of mental illness. It preserves the technical and historical character of the original while making the text accessible to contemporary English-language readers.A valuable source for scholars, students, clinicians, historians, and readers of classic medical literature, Paranoia offers a window into the foundations of modern psychiatric thought. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A forbidden love. A holy man's fall. A woman whose passion reaches beyond the grave.Set in the decadent Paris of Louis XV, Alzira's Shroud is one of Aluisio de Azevedo's most haunting and atmospheric novels: a dark tale of desire, religious ecstasy, temptation, and psychological collapse.Angelo, a young priest raised in near-total seclusion, has been carefully preserved from the corruptions of the world. To his spiritual guardian, he is meant to become a living proof of purity - a soul untouched by vice, ambition, or sensual passion. But when Angelo appears before the glittering and corrupt court of Paris, his beauty and innocence awaken dangerous fascination. Among those captivated is Alzira, a celebrated courtesan known for her coldness, her wit, and her fatal power over men.For the first time in her life, Alzira loves. For the first time in his life, Angelo desires.What follows is a feverish drama of conscience and obsession, where sacred vows collide with forbidden longing, and where death itself may not be enough to extinguish passion. Blending Gothic romance, historical fiction, religious symbolism, and psychological intensity, Alzira's Shroud reveals a lesser-known but unforgettable side of one of Brazil's greatest nineteenth-century novelists.This edition presents the novel in a carefully prepared English translation, with translator's notes, a preface, and an afterword for modern readers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A forgotten Portuguese classic of bloodline, desire, betrayal, and moral ruin.In The Blood, Camilo Castelo Branco turns the idea of family inheritance into a dramatic question: what truly passes from one generation to the next - virtue, shame, passion, or tragedy?Set within the world of nineteenth-century Portuguese society, the novel follows Innocencio, Thomazia, and the figures drawn into their orbit as marriage, pride, jealousy, and social reputation collide. What begins as a story of lineage and domestic expectation gradually becomes a darker study of emotional violence, forbidden attachment, abandoned loyalties, and the terrible cost of human weakness.With his unmistakable blend of romantic intensity, irony, moral insight, and sharp social observation, Castelo Branco exposes the fragile foundations of respectability. In this new English translation, The Blood is restored for modern readers who appreciate tragic romance, European literary classics, family dramas, and psychologically rich fiction.This edition includes a translator's preface, editorial notes, chapter-by-chapter translation notes, and an afterword designed to guide contemporary readers through the historical, linguistic, and literary texture of the novel.For readers of classic European fiction, Portuguese literature, tragic romance, and nineteenth-century moral drama, The Blood offers a powerful encounter with one of Portugal's greatest novelists. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A forgotten Portuguese historical romance of exploration, loyalty, and impossible love-now available in English.Before Vasco da Gama reached India by sea, Portugal had already sent secret envoys into the unknown. Among them was Pero da Covilha traveler, diplomat, spy, and one of the most remarkable figures of the Age of Discovery.In Pero da Covilha A Romantic Episode of the Fifteenth Century, Zephyrino Brandao blends history and fiction to recreate the world of late medieval Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean, Arabia, India, and Abyssinia. Sent by King Joao II on a perilous mission to discover the routes of the spice trade and gather news of the legendary Christian kingdom of Prester John, Pero da Covilha leaves behind the woman he loves and enters a world of courts, conspiracies, merchants, deserts, pilgrimages, and distant empires.This richly atmospheric novel follows not only the outward journey of a man across continents, but also the inward drama of fidelity, sacrifice, and longing. Combining romantic sensibility with historical imagination, Brandao gives literary form to one of Portugal's most fascinating explorers: a man who helped prepare the way for the maritime discoveries, yet whose own destiny unfolded far from home.This edition presents the complete English translation of the original Portuguese work, preserving its nineteenth-century elegance while making the narrative accessible to modern readers.Perfect for readers of historical fiction, Portuguese literature, exploration narratives, and the dramatic beginnings of the Age of Discovery. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …