In Portuguese Ultra-Romantic literature, which celebrated 1862 tragic novel by Camilo Castelo Branco depicts the doomed love of Simão Botelho and Teresa de Albuquerque?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Amor de Perdição
- Step 1: Camilo wrote this passionate story of fatal love while imprisoned in the Cadeia da Relação in Porto. Step 2. Amor de Perdição chronicles the feud between the Botelho and Albuquerque families leading to exile and death. Answer: Amor de Perdição. Why not the others: Amor de Salvação was written as a lighter moral counterweight; A Queda dum Anjo is a satire of parliamentary politics.
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