O Crime do Padre Amaro

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literary work novel realist novel

O Crime do Padre Amaro is a 19th-century realist novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques clerical corruption and social hypocrisy through the tragic story of a young priest’s illicit love affair.

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Label Occurrences
O Crime do Padre Amaro canonical 2
El crimen del Padre Amaro 1
O Crime do Padre Amaro (1970s Portuguese film adaptation) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
author Eça de Queirós ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Portugal ⓘ
criticizes Catholic clergy ⓘ
bourgeois morality ⓘ
clerical celibacy ⓘ
institutional Catholicism ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
followedBy O Primo Basílio ⓘ
genre anticlerical novel ⓘ
realism ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation El crimen del Padre Amaro (Mexican film) ⓘ
O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: O Crime do Padre Amaro (1970s Portuguese film adaptation)

O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: O Crime do Padre Amaro (2002 film)

theatrical adaptations ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Crime of Father Amaro
historicalContext written during the rise of realism and naturalism in European literature ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a classic of Portuguese literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Amélia ⓘ
Canon Dias ⓘ
João Eduardo ⓘ
Padre Amaro ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor controversial portrayal of Catholic priests ⓘ
critique of 19th-century Portuguese provincial society ⓘ
early example of Portuguese realist fiction ⓘ
originalLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
originalTitle O Crime do Padre Amaro self-link ⓘ
partOf Eça de Queirós's realist trilogy on Portuguese society ⓘ
placeInAuthorCareer one of Eça de Queirós's earliest major novels ⓘ
plotSummary A young Catholic priest, Amaro, engages in an illicit love affair with a young woman, Amélia, leading to tragedy and exposing clerical and social hypocrisy. ⓘ
protagonist Padre Amaro ⓘ
publicationYear 1875 ⓘ
settingCountry Portugal ⓘ
settingLocation Leiria NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetOfCensorship Catholic authorities in Portugal ⓘ
theme clerical corruption ⓘ
conflict between desire and duty ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
power of the Catholic Church ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
sexual repression ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eça de Queirós → notableWork → O Crime do Padre Amaro ⓘ
Gael García Bernal → notableWork → O Crime do Padre Amaro ⓘ
this entity surface form: El crimen del Padre Amaro
O Crime do Padre Amaro → hasAdaptation → O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: O Crime do Padre Amaro (2002 film)
O Crime do Padre Amaro → hasAdaptation → O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: O Crime do Padre Amaro (1970s Portuguese film adaptation)
O Crime do Padre Amaro → originalTitle → O Crime do Padre Amaro self-link ⓘ
O Crime do Padre Amaro → hasEnglishTitle → O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Crime of Father Amaro