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The Maias

novel by Eça de Queirós

Also known as: “Os Maias”

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In José Maria de Eça de Queirós
…Queirós’s masterpiece, Os Maias (1888; The Maias), a detailed depiction of upper-middle-class and aristocratic Portuguese society. Its theme is the degeneration of a traditional family whose last offspring are led into a series of tangled sexual relationships by the actions of their parents, who are symbols of the decadence of…
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Portuguese literature

In Portuguese literature: Drama and the novel
…masterpiece is Os Maias (1888; The Maias), a portrait of three generations of a Portuguese family.
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