Contos (Eça de Queiroz) explained

Contos is a collection of short stories by the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1902, two years after his death.

Story titles

• Portuguese: Singularidades de uma rapariga loura (The Idiosyncracies of a Young Blonde Woman). Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories^[1]
• Portuguese: Um poeta lírico (A Lyric Poet). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
• Portuguese: No moinho (The Mill). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
• Portuguese: Civilização (Civilization)
• Portuguese: O tesouro (The Treasure). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
• Portuguese: Frei Genebro (Friar Genebro). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
• Portuguese: Adão e Eva no Paraíso (Adam and Eve in Paradise)
• Portuguese: A aia (The Nurse). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
• Portuguese: O defunto (The Hanged Man: literally, The Defunct One). Published in English as The Mandarin and other stories^[1]
• Portuguese: José Matias. Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories^[1]
• Portuguese: A perfeição (The Perfection)
• Portuguese: O suave milagre (The Sweet Miracle). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]

Singularidades de uma rapariga Loura (Peculiarities of a Fair-haired Gir) was adapted to cinema by Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira in 2009. See Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.

Notes and References

1. Book: De Queiroz . Eça . The Mandarin and Other Stories . 2009 . Dedalus . 9781903517802.
2. Book: De Queiroz . Eça . Alves & Co.. 2012 . Dedalus . United Kingdom. 9781903517895 . Dedalus European Classics.