
Collecção ANTONIO MARIA PEREIRA
COLLECÇÃO ECONOMICA
VOLUMES PUBLICADOS
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A fog‑laden evening near the old Sampaio manor sets the scene, where the young archivist Diego is tasked with sorting centuries‑old papers for a wealthy family. While cataloguing a forgotten attic, he uncovers a concealed skeletal figure, its brittle bones hinting at a story long erased from the household’s memory. The discovery disrupts the calm of his routine and pulls him toward the estate’s shadowed past.
At the same time, the enigmatic Lina, a distant relative returning from abroad, arrives to claim her inheritance, and her quiet determination intrigues Diego. Together they begin tracing the skeleton’s origin, uncovering whispered rumors of forbidden love and betrayals that once rocked the manor’s walls. Their partnership blossoms amid the mystery, promising both answers and new emotions as they step deeper into the hidden history.
Language
pt
Duration
~6 hours (347K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Portugal: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, 1902.
Credits
The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-09-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1825–1890
A towering figure in 19th-century Portuguese literature, this fiercely productive novelist turned passion, irony, and misfortune into stories that still feel vivid today. Best known for Amor de Perdição, he wrote across romance, realism, drama, and satire with remarkable speed and intensity.
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