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O Crime Do Padre Amaro

O Crime Do Padre Amaro

DramaSatire
Pages
611
Published
1962
Language
English

Synopsis

O Crime do Padre Amaro (The Sin of Father Amaro) is Eça de Queiroz's landmark 1875 satire of hypocrisy in the Catholic clergy. Set in Leiria, Portugal, it follows a young priest whose outward piety masks a compulsive double life — an affair with Amélia that leads to her tragic death and his own moral unraveling. A masterpiece of Portuguese Naturalism, the novel uses sharp irony and dark realism to expose corruption within religious institutions.

Prose complexity
5/10

Vibe

DarkTense
Morally GreyBetrayal

Genres

Drama Satire Romance

About the author

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Eça de Queiroz

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. ---------- José Maria de Eça de Queiroz foi um escritor e diplomata português. É considerado um dos mais importantes escritores portugueses de sempre. Foi autor de romances de reconhecida importância, como O Crime do Padre Amaro e Os Maias, considerado por muitos o melhor romance realista português do século XIX.

Characters

Father AmaroProtagonist

A young priest in Leiria whose outward piety masks a compulsive, hypocritical double life of lust and deception.

All characters in O Crime Do Padre Amaro