''Contos'' is a collection of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...

by the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1902, two years after his death.

Story titles

* (The Idiosyncracies of a Young Blonde Woman). Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories * (A Lyric Poet). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories * (The Mill). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories * (Civilization) * (The Treasure). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories * (Friar Genebro). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories * (Adam and Eve in Paradise) * (The Nurse). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories * (The Hanged Man: literally, The Defunct One). Published in English as The Mandarin and other stories * . Published in English in The Mandarin and other stories * (The Perfection) * (The Sweet Miracle). Published in English in Alves & Co. and other stories ''Singularidades de uma rapariga Loura'' (''Peculiarities of a Fair-haired Gir'') was adapted to cinema by Portuguese filmmaker

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wor ...

in 2009. See Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.

References

External links

* Portuguese books 1902 short story collections {{1900s-story-collection-stub