The Maias

The Maias
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Publisher : Carcanet Press
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ISBN-10 : 1857546083
ISBN-13 : 9781857546088
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Book Synopsis The Maias by : Jose Maria de Eça de Queirós

Download or read book The Maias written by Jose Maria de Eça de Queirós and published by Carcanet Press. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this simple tale, the novel's hero is the talented heir to a notable family in Lisbon. He aspires to serve his fellow man in his chosen profession of medicine, in the arts, and in politics. But he enters a society affected by powerful international influences--French intellectual developments, English trading practices--that trouble and frustrate him. In the end he is reduced to a kind of spiritual helplessness and his good intentions are reduced to dilettantism. His passionate love affair begins to suffer a devastating constraint.


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