# O crime do padre Amaro, scenas da vida devota

By Eça de Queirós.

"O crime do padre Amaro, scenas da vida devota" by Eça de Queirós is a novel published in 1875. In a provincial Portuguese city steeped in religious devotion and gossip, a young priest without true vocation arrives to take up his post. He lodges with a pious widow and her daughter Amélia, where sacred duties clash with forbidden desires. As debates about faith swirl around them, Amaro and Amélia are drawn into a passionate affair that will test the boundaries of morality and lead to devastating consequences. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Portuguese
- Subjects: Portugal -- Fiction; Catholic Church -- Portugal -- Fiction; Priests -- Portugal -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Crime do Padre Amaro](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/22299) by José Maria de Eça de Queirós (17 h 42 min, Portuguese)

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