Project Gutenberg 2014-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 123 Herculano, Alexandre 1810 1877 Herculano, Alejandro Carvalho e Araujo, Alexandre Herculano de Araujo, Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e De Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre Herculano Herculano, A. (Alexandre) Eurico, o presbytero Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurico,_the_Presbyter Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurico,_o_Presb%C3%ADtero Produced by Rita Farinha, Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Eurico, o presbytero" by Alexandre Herculano is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The tale centers around the character Eurico, a young priest of Gothic descent, who experiences a deep internal struggle due to his unfulfilled love for Hermengarda and the burdens of celibacy imposed by his sacred duties. Set against the backdrop of the declining Gothic Empire in Spain, the narrative explores themes of solitude, unrequited love, and the clash between spiritual aspirations and earthly desires. At the start of the novel, Herculano introduces the tumultuous state of the Visigothic society and the personal turmoil of Eurico. The priest is depicted as a tormented soul, emerging from a powerful but painful love for Hermengarda, which has led him to seek solace in religion. As he grapples with his isolation and the expectations of his clerical role, Eurico’s character takes shape against a rich historical context, revealing deeper insights into his reverie, regrets, and aspirations that reflect the broader moral decay of a nation on the brink of collapse. Through rich, evocative language, the opening sets the stage for a profound exploration of personal and national identity in an era marked by strife and transformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. pt Visigoths -- Spain -- History -- Fiction Celibacy -- Catholic Church -- Fiction Spain -- History -- Gothic period, 414-711 -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 424997 2025-07-18T13:43:14.776737 text/html 405409 2024-10-24T07:57:55 text/html 304303 2025-07-18T13:43:25.473684 application/epub+zip 313666 2025-07-18T13:43:18.515704 application/epub+zip 244050 2025-07-18T13:43:16.409739 application/epub+zip 478125 2025-07-18T13:43:29.197655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447668 2025-07-18T13:43:22.944687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370263 2022-09-20T21:47:33.666651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388481 2025-07-18T13:43:14.039706 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 368509 2024-10-24T07:57:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18418 2025-07-18T13:43:29.325625 application/rdf+xml 12412 2025-07-18T13:43:16.911688 image/jpeg 3356 2025-07-18T13:43:16.658759 image/jpeg 294777 2025-07-18T13:43:14.815712 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia pt.wikipedia