CHRONICLE OF THE 19TH-CENTURY PORTUGUESE VILLAGE Portugal, 19th century. The Negrões family of Vilar de Corvos, despite all its nobility, faces the risks of decadence in a time of great social change. Dom Luís, the patriarch, tries to keep his sons Jorge and Maurício close at hand, in the Casa Mourisca, the family manor house, a symbol of much glory. To his father's dismay, Jorge falls in love with Berta, the daughter of one of his former servants, now a prosperous farmer. The rivalry between these gentlemen and the love between the two young people expose changing values and the conflicts of a society where the progress of the bourgeoisie threatens the old nobility. • Narrative about the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the rural bourgeoisie in Portugal in the mid-19th century. • Classic precursor of realism and naturalism in Portuguese literature. • The BestBolso edition features a Foreword with historical context by Prof. Sérgio Nazar David (UERJ). • It is by the same author of As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor, a novel that had two successful adaptations for television, first in 1970, by Rede Record, then in 1994, by SBT.
