[campbellmorgan]

+1 for Eça de Queiroz. With the exception of O Crime do Padre Amaro which can in places be a bit blunt, he tends to have a a kind admiration for his characters as he quietly makes fun of them and the decadent society around them.

[pjmlp]

What I love about his stories is that they could be easily applied to modern Portuguese society, and would be for the most part still up to date.

That unfortunately leads us to other philosophical questions, though.