Cousin Bazilio

by Eca De Queiros

Published 27 August 1993
Returning from Brazil, Bazilio tells his cousin Louisa of the brave new world. His revelation leads to a evastating conclusion. O Primo Bazilio has a far deeper tragedy than Madame Bovary wrote Roy Campbell, because the girl involved is ...a most loveable character. One of the most tragic novels of the nineteenth century.