Contos (Eça de Queiroz)

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

Singularidades de uma rapariga loura (The Idiosyncracies of a Young Blonde Woman). Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories^[1]
Um poeta lírico (A Lyric Poet). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
No moinho (The Mill). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
Civilização (Civilization)
O tesouro (The Treasure). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
Frei Genebro (Friar Genebro). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
Adão e Eva no Paraíso (Adam and Eve in Paradise)
A aia (The Nurse). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]
O defunto (The Hanged Man: literally, The Defunct One). Published in English as The Mandarin and other stories^[1]
José Matias. Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories^[1]
A perfeição (The Perfection)
O suave milagre (The Sweet Miracle). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories^[2]

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.

^ ^a ^b ^c De Queiroz, Eça (2009). The Mandarin and Other Stories. Dedalus. ISBN 9781903517802.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f De Queiroz, Eça (2012). Alves & Co (Dedalus European Classics ed.). United Kingdom: Dedalus. ISBN 9781903517895.

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v t e Works by Eça de Queiroz
Novels	The Mystery of the Sintra Road (1870) (co-written with Ramalho Ortigão) O Crime do Padre Amaro (1875) O Primo Basílio (1878) The Mandarin (1880) The Relic (1887) Os Maias (1888) The Illustrious House of Ramires (1900) The City and the Mountains (1901) Alves & Co. (1925) To the Capital (1925) The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers (1980)
Novellas	Saint Christopher (1912)
Other works	As Farpas (periodical) Contos (short stories) Cartas de Inglaterra (journalism)