Resumo
"O Primo Bazilio: Episodio Domestico" by Eça de Queirós, is a realistic novel that immerses readers in the domestic life of a Portuguese middle-class couple, particularly the wife, Luísa.
The story unfolds as Luísa engages in a clandestine affair with her cousin, Basílio, while her husband is absent.
The novel masterfully critiques the moral hypocrisy and superficiality of 19th-century Portuguese society, vividly depicting the repercussions of passion, deceit, and the erosion of social conventions within the bourgeois household.