Cousin Bazilio: A Domestic Episode (Dedalus European Classics)
Book Details
Author(s)Eca De Queiroz
PublisherDedalus Ltd
ISBN / ASIN1903517087
ISBN-139781903517086
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank306,334
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
A tale of bourgeois sexual folly and hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Lisbon. Eca describes a gallery of vivid characters:
* Bazilio the suave villain
* Jorge the smug, uxorious husband
* Luiza the bored, silly wife
* Juliana, the plain, desperate maid
* Leopoldina, 'the Ever-Open Door'
* the voluminous Dona Felicidade, and many more.
The book aroused a scandal for its frank descriptions of sex and desire. What still grips the reader is the author's acute portrayal of the constraints imposed on men and, especially, women.
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