A cidade do vicio by Fialho de Almeida

A cidade do vicio by Fialho de Almeida

Dive into the gritty, atmospheric world of A Cidade do Vício (1882), a seminal work by Fialho de Almeida, one of Portugal’s foremost realist-naturalist writers. This collection of short stories exposes the moral decay and social inequalities of 19th-century urban and rural Portugal through vivid, often grotesque prose. Themes of vice, hypocrisy, and human frailty unfold in tales like Mater Dolorosa (a symbolic lament of loss) and Os Novilhos (a brutal rural drama)

20.00 USD

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido by Keppel and James

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido by Keppel and James

10.00 USD

The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 14 by H. Bolingbroke Mudie

The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 14 by H. Bolingbroke Mudie

14.00 USD

The Commentaries of Cæsar by Anthony Trollope

The Commentaries of Cæsar by Anthony Trollope

19.00 USD

Summary

Dive into the gritty, atmospheric world of A Cidade do Vício (1882), a seminal work by Fialho de Almeida, one of Portugal’s foremost realist-naturalist writers. This collection of short stories exposes the moral decay and social inequalities of 19th-century urban and rural Portugal through vivid, often grotesque prose. Themes of vice, hypocrisy, and human frailty unfold in tales like Mater Dolorosa (a symbolic lament of loss) and Os Novilhos (a brutal rural drama)

Analysis

Dive into the gritty, atmospheric world of A Cidade do Vício (1882), a seminal work by Fialho de Almeida, one of Portugal’s foremost realist-naturalist writers. This collection of short stories exposes the moral decay and social inequalities of 19th-century urban and rural Portugal through vivid, often grotesque prose. Themes of vice, hypocrisy, and human frailty unfold in tales like Mater Dolorosa (a symbolic lament of loss) and Os Novilhos (a brutal rural drama)