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Many of Camilo's books (who died blind), but even more so his correspondence, are filled with symptoms, signs, diagnoses, and prognoses, covering almost everything from the cold to esophageal spasms.
As far as is known, the author of 'Amor de Perdição' did not drink like Fernando Pessoa, except in his youth, nor did he have the same knowledge, or the same refined and cosmopolitan taste as Eça de Queirós. A chronicle by Pedro Garcias.
Camilo Castelo Branco epitomises romanticism. Isn't that how we learned it? Or isn't that what we've heard? But there is another Camilo. An author who is not limited to his so-called “facetious novels”.
