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COLECÇÃO NOVELA. Lisboa. s.d. [c. 1940-1960]. - COLECÇÃO NOVELA . Pequena Antologia de Obras-Primas. Direcção literária de Manuel do Nascimento. Lisboa: Fomento de Publicações; Editorial Organizações, s.d. [c. 1940-1960]. 11 v.; 165 mm. A set of 11 volumes from the ”Novel Collection, ” published in Lisbon by Fomento de Publicações and Editorial Organizações, under the literary direction of Manuel do Nascimento. The collection eventually reached at least 90 volumes and also included a parallel series called ”Mosaic Collection, ” with covers by Bernardo Marques. According to the editorial prospectus printed in the volumes, the collection ”was born as a protest against the majority of cheap publications that swarm the book market, ” stating that ”low price was taken as synonymous with lack of quality.” Each small-format volume was accompanied by a biographical note on the author and a bibliography, with the stated objective of a ”serious literary initiation” accessible to the general public. The catalog of authors planned from the start included Aquilino Ribeiro, Miguel Torga, Domingos Monteiro, Fernando Namora, Branquinho da Fonseca, José Régio, Carlos de Oliveira, Manuel Mendes, Alves Redol, Manuel da Fonseca, Ferreira de Castro, and José Gomes Ferreira, among others – a group that largely corresponds to the canon of Portuguese narrative of a realist and neorealist nature from that period. The collection described here, comprising 11 volumes, brings together some of the most representative titles of Portuguese prose from the period: Soldier Who Went to War by Aquilino Ribeiro (no. 1), The Fair by Fernando Namora (no. 2), Central Guesthouse by Miguel Torga (no. 3), The Fire-Colored Dress by José Régio (no. 5), Nortada by Manuel da Fonseca (no. 6), The Barber of Bad Death by José Gomes Ferreira (no. 10), The Voice of the Steppe by Castro Soromenho (no. 14) and Deviants by Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (no. 23). Titles included in the collection: 1. Aquilino Ribeiro, The Soldier Who Went to War ; 2. Fernando Namora, The Fair ; 3. Miguel Torga, Central Guesthouse ; 5. José Régio, The Fire-Colored Dress ; 6. Manuel da Fonseca, Nortada ; 10. José Gomes Ferreira, The Barber of Bad Death ; 11. Antunes da Silva, Rosária ; 14. Castro Soromenho, The Voice of the Steppe ; 16. Manuel Mendes, The Traveler ; 21. João Gaspar Simões, Eduarda ; 23. Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Deviants . Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate