This dissertation aims to realize an aesthetic-political read of the novel The Maias, written by the portuguese writer Eça de Queirós (1845-1900). It intends to observe certain topics on the novel, in it s descritive scope (it s excess of descritive parts, it s non usual adjectivation) as well as in it s large fable scope (it s profusion of plots, it s displaced alusions to tragedy forms). Establishing that, the aim is to comprehend a political meaning in the way this elements articulate themselves. The hipothesys is that The Maias, as an aesthetic object, is an image (a sensible presentation) of the idea of democracy, that allows one to comprehend it as a principle of equality able to de-stabilize hierarchies.