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The Mystery Of The Sintra Road

by Eça de Queiroz e Ramalho Ortigão
language: english
Publisher: DEDALUS LTD, May of 2026 ‧
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Two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him to assist a noblewoman, who is about to give birth. When they reach the house, they find no such noblewoman, only a dead man. Another man, known only as A.M.C., bursts in at this point and declares that the man died of opium poisoning. The doctor writes a letter to a newspaper editor, setting out the facts as he knows them. These facts are rebutted first by a friend of A.M.C. and then by the first masked man, who explains the whole story... Eça de Queiroz wrote this spoof 'mystery' with his friend Ramalho Ortiga£o, publishing it in the form of a series of anonymous letters in the Dia¡rio de Nota­cias between 24 July and 27 September 1870. Many readers believed the letters to be genuine. As the book progresses, one sees Eça gradually getting into his stride as a novelist, equally at home with humour and with human drama. Recently turned into a major Portuguese feature film it will delight avid Eça fans and lovers of mysteries.

The Mystery Of The Sintra Road

by Eça de Queiroz e Ramalho Ortigão

Property Description
ISBN: 9781909232297
Publisher: DEDALUS LTD
Release Date: May of 2026
Language: English
Dimensions: 124 x 196 x 16 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 288
Format: Book
Collection: Dedalus European Classics
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Romance
EAN: 9781909232297

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