José Maria Eça de Queirós (1845–1900) is a world-famous classic of 19th-century Portuguese literature.
In the novel “The Crime of Father Amaro,” Queirós depicts the tragic consequences of sinful passion that joins a priest and his young, sensual parishioner. Father Amaro meets the charming young Amelia—whose religiosity soon begins to drown in the growing attraction to the new priest…