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The Children of Father Anselmo
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A forgotten Portuguese gothic melodrama of secrets, forbidden love, hidden crimes, and moral reckoning-now available in English.
When young Paulo is drawn into the sinister brotherhood known as the Black Hand, he enters a world ruled by oaths, disguises, revenge, and manipulation. Around him unfolds a tangled drama of innocent love, parental ambition, corrupt power, buried identities, and lives shattered by deception.
At the heart of the novel stands Beatriz, a young woman caught between duty and affection, and threatened by men who see her not as a soul to be loved, but as a prize to be controlled. Her fate becomes entangled with the schemes of Belchior, the hypocrisy of Eugênio, the anguish of Leonor, and the long-hidden past of Father Anselmo-a past whose consequences reach across families, fortunes, and generations.
First published in Portuguese in the early twentieth century, The Children of Father Anselmo combines the atmosphere of a mystery, the emotional force of a romantic melodrama, and the moral intensity of nineteenth-century social fiction. Secret societies, false identities, dramatic revelations, abduction, repentance, and justice all converge in a sweeping narrative of sin and redemption.
This English edition presents the complete novel in a carefully prepared translation, preserving the dramatic tone, religious tension, and historical flavor of the original while making the text accessible to modern readers.
Perfect for readers of classic European fiction, gothic melodrama, family secrets, moral romance, and rediscovered works of Portuguese literature.
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