Contos (Eça de Queiroz)

{{Short description|Collection of short stories by the Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós}}

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| language = Portuguese

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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

  • {{lang|pt|Singularidades de uma rapariga loura}} (The Idiosyncracies of a Young Blonde Woman). Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories{{cite book |last1=De Queiroz |first1=Eça |title=The Mandarin and Other Stories |date=2009 |publisher=Dedalus |isbn=9781903517802}}
  • {{lang|pt|Um poeta lírico}} (A Lyric Poet). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories{{cite book |last1=De Queiroz |first1=Eça |title=Alves & Co.|date=2012 |publisher=Dedalus |location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781903517895 |edition=Dedalus European Classics}}
  • {{lang|pt|No moinho}} (The Mill). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories
  • {{lang|pt|Civilização}} (Civilization)
  • {{lang|pt|O tesouro}} (The Treasure). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories
  • {{lang|pt|Frei Genebro}} (Friar Genebro). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories
  • {{lang|pt|Adão e Eva no Paraíso}} (Adam and Eve in Paradise)
  • {{lang|pt|A aia}} (The Nurse). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories
  • {{lang|pt|O defunto}} (The Hanged Man: literally, The Defunct One). Published in English as The Mandarin and other stories
  • {{lang|pt|José Matias}}. Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories
  • {{lang|pt|A perfeição}} (The Perfection)
  • {{lang|pt|O suave milagre}} (The Sweet Miracle). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories

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.

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