It is one of the most representative books of Romanticism in Portugal. It is also one of the greatest masterpieces of literature in our country.
Love of perdition is one of the greatest classics of Portuguese literature, why? Because Camilo Castelo Branco is a great writer, is one of the sacred monsters of Portuguese literature and with a personality that equals this books, as he also so passionately and voracious lived as the characters he described. Let's start with the book, is the cursed romance between Simon Botelho and Theresa Botelho de Albuquerque. A love doomed from the first breath, due to old enmity between two families, the similarities with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet end up here, although there are fights, blood and tears in abundance.
It is a novel of extremes. Or is everything, or is nothing. The love of Simon and Paula is so violent that ends up infecting everything around then. It is a virus that spreads through the plot and that "attacks" almost all the characters. A fever of incurable romanticism that leads them to commit the most foolish things in the name of the noblest of sentiments. This is exacerbated passion, troubled and tumultuous with bloodlust that ignites page by page in an interesting narrative that holds the reader until the expected end. We can even draw a parallel between this publication and the author's life, as Camilo almost lived what he described in his books. He also was a man of strong passions that led him to prison as we all known. We can even say that he lived as he wrote literally. Happy reading!
