A tale of bourgeois sexual folly and hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Lisbon. Eca describes a gallery of vivid characters:
* Bazilio the suave villain
* Jorge the smug, uxorious husband
* Luiza the bored, silly wife
* Juliana, the plain, desperate maid
* Leopoldina, 'the Ever-Open Door'
* the voluminous Dona Felicidade, and many more.
The book aroused a scandal for its frank descriptions of sex and desire. What still grips the reader is the author's acute portrayal of the constraints imposed on men and, especially, women.
Genre: Literary Fiction
* Bazilio the suave villain
* Jorge the smug, uxorious husband
* Luiza the bored, silly wife
* Juliana, the plain, desperate maid
* Leopoldina, 'the Ever-Open Door'
* the voluminous Dona Felicidade, and many more.
The book aroused a scandal for its frank descriptions of sex and desire. What still grips the reader is the author's acute portrayal of the constraints imposed on men and, especially, women.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Used availability for J M Eca de Queiros's Cousin Bazilio
Hardback Editions
August 1992 : UK Hardback
February 1967 : UK Hardback
Title: Cousin Bazilio (Portway Reprints)
Author(s): Eca De Queiros
ISBN: 0-85594-489-7 / 978-0-85594-489-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: C Chivers
Availability: Amazon
Paperback Editions
May 2003 : UK Paperback