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  Eça de Queiroz (1845- 1900) is considered by V S Pritchett as a writer who must rank with Proust as one of the greatest European novelists. For Zola he was "far greater than my dear friend Flaubert". Had Queiroz written in a language other than his native Portuguese he would undoubtedly have been, and be, much more famous. His novels illuminate nineteenth century Portuguese society as those of Dickens reveal Victorian England. As well as being a novelist, the author of "The Crime of Father Amero, Cousin Basilio and The Maias, he was a distinguished diplomat and journalist who lived in Cuba, France and Bristol in the course of his consular duties, where he wrote arresting articles and reports on contemporary social and political problems. This is a readable and scholarly biography.