Camilo Castelo Branco

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Camilo Castelo Branco

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.

52 Audiobooks

Amor de Salvação

Amor de Salvação

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Lagrimas Abençoadas

Lagrimas Abençoadas

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Novelas do Minho

Novelas do Minho

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Livro de Consolação: Romance

Livro de Consolação: Romance

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O Olho de Vidro

O Olho de Vidro

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O Arrependimento

O Arrependimento

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Scenas Contemporaneas

Scenas Contemporaneas

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Estrellas Funestas

Estrellas Funestas

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O sangue

O sangue

by Camilo Castelo Branco

A senhora Rattazzi

A senhora Rattazzi

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O esqueleto: Romance

O esqueleto: Romance

by Camilo Castelo Branco

A Neta do Arcediago

A Neta do Arcediago

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Suicida

Suicida

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O Carrasco de Victor Hugo José Alves

O Carrasco de Victor Hugo José Alves

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Agulha em Palheiro Quinta edição

Agulha em Palheiro Quinta edição

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Carlota Angela

Carlota Angela

by Camilo Castelo Branco

A Queda d'um Anjo: Romance

A Queda d'um Anjo: Romance

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Scenas da Foz

Scenas da Foz

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O Romance de um Homem Rico

O Romance de um Homem Rico

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Voltareis ó Christo?

Voltareis ó Christo?

by Camilo Castelo Branco

A Gratidão

A Gratidão

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O Regicida

O Regicida

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Estrellas Propícias

Estrellas Propícias

by Camilo Castelo Branco

O Bem e o Mal: Romance

O Bem e o Mal: Romance

by Camilo Castelo Branco

Sá de Miranda Com uma carta ácerca da "Bibliographia Camilliana" de Henrique Marques

Sá de Miranda Com uma carta ácerca da "Bibliographia Camilliana" de Henrique Marques

by Antero de Quental, Joaquim de Araújo, Camilo Castelo Branco

About the author

Born in Lisbon on March 16, 1825, Camilo Castelo Branco became one of Portugal’s most prolific writers, producing well over 200 works across novels, plays, essays, poetry, criticism, and translation. His writing is often noted for blending the emotional force of Romanticism with sharp wit, bitterness, and dark humor.

His life was turbulent and deeply dramatic, and that intensity fed directly into his fiction. He is especially remembered for Amor de Perdição (1862), a tragic love story that became his most famous novel, and for helping shape the Portuguese novel in the 19th century through both melodramatic and more realistic works.

In 1885, he was granted the title Viscount of Correia Botelho. He spent his final years in São Miguel de Seide, where worsening blindness overshadowed the end of his life; he died there on June 1, 1890.