As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1882-11/12)

Eça de Queirós

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.